THE GALLERY OF ANCIENT ART

Mythology in the Art | Greek mythology | Adonis
1. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Front panel of sarcophagus with a myth of Aphrodite and Adonis.
Parian marble. Late 2nd century CE.
Inv. No. 6734.
Mantua, Ducal Palace.
2. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Front panel of sarcophagus with a myth of Aphrodite and Adonis. Wounded Adonis (detail).
Parian marble. Late 2nd century CE.
Inv. No. 6734.
Mantua, Ducal Palace.
3. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Front panel of sarcophagus with a myth of Aphrodite and Adonis. Aphrodite comes to wounded Adonis (detail).
Parian marble. Late 2nd century CE.
Inv. No. 6734.
Mantua, Ducal Palace.
4. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Front panel of sarcophagus with a myth of Aphrodite and Adonis. Death of Adonis (detail).
Parian marble. Late 2nd century CE.
Inv. No. 6734.
Mantua, Ducal Palace.
5. PAINTING, GRAPHICS. Rome.
Aphrodite offering Adonis (?) a nest of cupids.
Fresco from Pompeii (House of Cornelius Diadumenus, VII. 12. 26).
45—79 CE.
Inv. No. 111437.
Naples, National Archaeological Museum, Hall LXVI.
6. SCULPTURE.
Adonis.
Guiseppe Torretto (1664—1743).
Marble. 1716—1717.
Inv. No. Н.ск-759.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.