THE GALLERY OF ANCIENT ART

Mythology in the Art | Greek mythology | Selene
1. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Sarcophagus with scenes of life of a roman military officer.
Marble. 2nd century CE.
Mantua, Ducal Palace.
2. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Front panel of sarcophagus with a myth of Selene and Endymion.
Parian marble. Mid-2nd century CE.
Inv. No. 6758.
Mantua, Ducal Palace.
3. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Front panel of sarcophagus with a myth of Selene and Endymion (detail).
Parian marble. Mid-2nd century CE.
Inv. No. 6758.
Mantua, Ducal Palace.
4. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Front panel of sarcophagus with a myth of Selene and Endymion (detail).
Parian marble. Mid-2nd century CE.
Inv. No. 6758.
Mantua, Ducal Palace.
5. TOREUTICS. Rome.
Patera from Parabiago (scheme).
Inv. No. A0.9.14264.
Milan, Civic Archaeological Museum.
6. TOREUTICS. Rome.
Patera from Parabiago.
Silver with traces of guilding.
Second half of the 4th century.
Inv. No. A0.9.14264.
Milan, Civic Archaeological Museum.
7. TOREUTICS. Rome.
Patera from Parabiago. Detail: Selene and Hesperus.
Silver with traces of guilding. Second half of the 4th century.
Inv. No. A0.9.14264.
Milan, Civic Archaeological Museum.
8. CERAMICS. Southern Italy.
Volute-krater depicting the journey of Orpheus to the Underworld.
Red-figured volute-krater. Apulia.
Attributed to The Underworld Painter (by Trendall).
Clay. Ca. 330—310 BCE.
Munich, State Antique Collection.
9. CERAMICS. Southern Italy.
Volute-krater depicting the journey of Orpheus to the Underworld. Detail: Helios and Selene on they chariots.
Red-figured volute-krater. Apulia.
Attributed to The Underworld Painter.
Clay. Ca. 330—310 BCE.
Munich, State Antique Collection.
10. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Sarcophagus with scenes of the myth of Prometheus and the creation of man.
Marble.
4th cent. CE.
Inv. No. 6705.
Naples, National Archaeological Museum.
11. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Sarcophagus with scenes of the myth of Prometheus and the creation of man (close-up).
Marble.
4th cent. CE.
Inv. No. 6705.
Naples, National Archaeological Museum.
12. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Sarcophagus with scenes of the myth of Prometheus and the creation of man (close-up).
Marble.
4th cent. CE.
Inv. No. 6705.
Naples, National Archaeological Museum.
13. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Sarcophagus with a myth of Selene and Endymion.
Marble. Mid-2nd century CE.
Inv. No. 111070.
Naples, National Archaeological Museum.
14. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Sarcophagus with scenes of the myth of Protesilaus and Laodamia.
Marble. Late 2nd century CE.
Naples, Santa Chiara Church.
15. SCULPTURE. Rome.
A lenos-shaped sarcophagus with a myth of Selene and Endymion.
Marble. Early 3rd cent. CE.
Inv. No. 47.100.4a, b.
New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art.
16. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Sarcophagus with a myth of Selene and Endymion. The front relief.
Marble. Early 3rd cent. CE.
Inv. No. 47.100.4a.
New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art.
17. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Sarcophagus with a myth of Selene and Endymion. Left end relief.
Marble. Early 3rd cent. CE.
Inv. No. 47.100.4a.
New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art.
18. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Sarcophagus with a myth of Selene and Endymion.
Marble.
Ca. 235 CE.
Inv. No. Ma 1335.
Paris, Louvre Museum.
19. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Sarcophagus with a myth of Selene and Endymion (front panel).
Marble. Ca. 235 CE.
Inv. No. Ma 1335.
Paris, Louvre Museum.
20. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Peasants making garlands (a close-up of a lid of sarcophagus with a myth of Selene and Endymion).
Marble. Ca. 235 CE.
Inv. No. Ma 1335.
Paris, Louvre Museum.