THE GALLERY OF ANCIENT ART

Sculpture | Rome | Funeral sculpture | Sarcophagi
401. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Sarcophagus with scenes of myth of Phaedra and Hippolytus. Front panel: the departure of Hippolytus and his friends to the hunt, and his encounter with Phaedra’s wet-nurse.
Marble. Late 2nd cent. CE.
Inv. No. A 432.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
402. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Sarcophagus with scenes of myth of Phaedra and Hippolytus. Front panel: Phaedra’s wet-nurse brings to Hippolytus a love message from Phaedra.
Marble. Late 2nd cent. CE.
Inv. No. A 432.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
403. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Sarcophagus with scenes of myth of Phaedra and Hippolytus. Front panel: Phaedra’s wet-nurse brings to Hippolytus a love message from Phaedra.
Marble. Late 2nd cent. CE.
Inv. No. A 432.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
404. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Sarcophagus with scenes of myth of Phaedra and Hippolytus (right corner — close up).
Marble. Late 2nd cent. CE.
Inv. No. A 432.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
405. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Sarcophagus with scenes of myth of Phaedra and Hippolytus. Right side panel: Phaedra, the wife of Theseus and stepmother of Hippolitus hands over a declaration of love for her stepson to her wet mother.
Marble. Late 2nd cent. CE.
Inv. No. A 432.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
406. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Sarcophagus with scenes of myth of Phaedra and Hippolytus. Left side panel: the death of Hippolytus.
Marble. Late 2nd cent. CE.
Inv. No. A 432.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
407. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Sarcophagus with scenes of myth of Phaedra and Hippolytus (rear panel).
Marble. Late 2nd cent. CE.
Inv. No. A 432.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
408. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Sarcophagus with scenes of myth of Phaedra and Hippolytus. Rear panel: the hunting for a wild boar.
Marble. Late 2nd cent. CE.
Inv. No. A 432.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
409. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Sarcophagus with scenes of myth of Phaedra and Hippolytus (rear panel).
Marble. Late 2nd cent. CE.
Inv. No. A 432.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
410. SCULPTURE. Rome.
The front panel of the sarcophagus with a portal and portrait figures of the decedents.
Coarse-grained light gray marble.
3rd century.
Inv. No. A 889.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
411. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Front panel of a sarcophagus with a scene of abduction of Persephone by Hades and side panels with sphinges.
Marble.
150—175 CE.
Inv. No. Гр-3087 (А184).
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
412. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Sarcophagus with a matrimonial ceremony (so-called wedding or marriage sarcophagus, or a sarcophagus of the spouses).
Marble.
3rd cent. CE.
Inv. Nos. ГР-4222 / A 433.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
413. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Sarcophagus with a matrimonial ceremony (so-called wedding or marriage sarcophagus).
Marble.
3rd cent. CE.
Inv. Nos. ГР-4222 / A 433.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
414. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Sarcophagus with a matrimonial ceremony (so-called wedding or marriage sarcophagus) — front relief.
Marble.
3rd cent. CE.
Inv. Nos. ГР-4222 / A 433.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
415. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Sarcophagus with a matrimonial ceremony (so-called wedding or marriage sarcophagus) — the central scene of the front relief.
Marble.
3rd cent. CE.
Inv. Nos. ГР-4222 / A 433.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
416. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Sarcophagus with a matrimonial ceremony (so-called wedding or marriage sarcophagus) — the friese of the lid.
Marble.
3rd cent. CE.
Inv. Nos. ГР-4222 / A 433.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
417. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Sarcophagus with a matrimonial ceremony (so-called wedding or marriage sarcophagus) — the right short panel.
Marble.
3rd cent. CE.
Inv. Nos. ГР-4222 / A 433.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
418. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Sarcophagus with a matrimonial ceremony (so-called wedding or marriage sarcophagus) — the left short panel with a pastoral scene.
Marble.
3rd cent. CE.
Inv. Nos. ГР-4222 / A 433.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
419. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Sarcophagus with a matrimonial ceremony (so-called wedding or marriage sarcophagus) — a close-up of the front panel.
Marble.
3rd cent. CE.
Inv. Nos. ГР-4222 / A 433.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
420. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Sarcophagus with a matrimonial ceremony (so-called wedding or marriage sarcophagus) — a close-up of the front panel.
Marble.
3rd cent. CE.
Inv. Nos. ГР-4222 / A 433.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.