THE GALLERY OF ANCIENT ART

Mythology in the Art | Greek mythology | Hippocampus
1. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Statues of athletes in a palestra.
Terracotta.
Rome. 1st cent. BCE — 1st cent. CE.
Inv. No. 1929.
Copenhagen, New Carlsberg Glyptotek.
2. PAINTING, GRAPHICS. Rome.
Wall fragment with dancing Satyr, Hippocamps, and other decorative motifs on black ground.
50—79 CE.
Inv. No. 72.AG.78.3.
Los Angeles, John Paul Getty Museum, Getty Villa in Malibu.
3. PAINTING, GRAPHICS. Rome.
Wall fragment with bull’s head and winged sea monsters on black ground.
50—79 CE.
Inv. No. 72.AG.78.5.
Los Angeles, John Paul Getty Museum, Getty Villa in Malibu.
4. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Nereid on a sea dragon.
Marble.
1st century CE.
Inv. No. 6026.
Naples, National Archaeological Museum.
5. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Nereid on a sea dragon.
Marble.
Inv. No. 6026.
Naples, National Archaeological Museum.
6. PAINTING, GRAPHICS. Rome.
Amazon.
Fresco from Herculaneum.
50—79 CE.
Inv. No. 9368.
Naples, National Archaeological Museum.
7. PAINTING, GRAPHICS. Rome.
Wall painting of the exedra or triclinium y, lower part of the south wall.
Fresco of the 4th style from Pompeii (House of the Bronzes, VII. 4. 59).
50—79 CE.
Painting by Vincenzo Loria (1850—1939).
1886.
Inv. No. 20879.
Naples, National Archaeological Museum.
8. PAINTING, GRAPHICS. Rome.
Nereid on a sea horse.
Fresco from Stabiae.
54—68 CE.
Inv. No. 8859.
Naples, National Archaeological Museum, Hall LXXVII.
9. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Statue of the emperor Titus.
Marble.
Torso: 48—68 CE, head: 69—73 CE.
Inv. Nos. 144 / L 126.
Olympia, Archaeological Museum.
10. PAINTING, GRAPHICS. Rome.
Architectural decoration with a hippocampus.
Second style. Ca. 80—20 BCE.
Pompeii, Archaeological Park, The House of the Trojan Sacellum, or House of the Lararium of Achilles I, 6, 4.
11. PAINTING, GRAPHICS. Rome.
Architectural decoration with a hippocampus.
Second style. Ca. 80—20 BCE.
Pompeii, Archaeological Park, The House of the Trojan Sacellum, or House of the Lararium of Achilles I, 6, 4.
12. PAINTING, GRAPHICS. Rome.
Theatrical comedy mask, items of the cult of Dionysus, and the pinax with a sea battle.
Fresco of the Fourth style. 60—79 CE.
Pompeii, Archaeological Park, House of the Vettii (VI. 15. 1. p).
13. MOSAIC. Rome.
A fragment of mosaic floor.
212—216 CE.
Rome, Baths of Caracalla.
14. MOSAIC. Rome.
A fragment of mosaic floor.
212—216 CE.
Rome, Baths of Caracalla.
15. MOSAIC. Rome.
A fragment of mosaic floor.
212—216 CE.
Rome, Baths of Caracalla.
16. MOSAIC. Rome.
A fragment of mosaic floor.
212—216 CE.
Rome, Baths of Caracalla.
17. MOSAIC. Rome.
A fragment of mosaic floor.
212—216 CE.
Rome, Baths of Caracalla.
18. GLYPTICS. Rome.
Eros riding a hippocampus.
Sardonyx. 1st—2nd centuries.
1.4 × 1.7 cm.
Inv. No. Ж 34.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
19. PAINTING, GRAPHICS. Etruria.
Central composition of the Baron’s tomb.
6th century BCE.
Tarquinia, Tomb of the Baron.
20. MOSAIC. Rome.
Triumph of Neptune.
Mid-2nd century.
Tunis, National Museum of Bardo.