THE GALLERY OF ANCIENT ART

Mythology in the Art | Greek mythology | Penelope
1. SCULPTURE. Greece.
Odysseus returning to Penelope.
Terracotta plaque.
Greek, Melian. About 450 BCE.
Inv. No. 30.11.9.
New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art.
2. PAINTING, GRAPHICS. Rome.
Odysseus and Penelope.
Fresco of the 4th style on the north wall of Macellum in Pompeii.
60—79 CE.
Pompeii, Archaeological Park, Macellum, VII, 9, 4—12.
3. GLYPTICS. Rome.
Penelope.
Two-colour glass.
Roman. 1st century BCE — 1st century CE.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.