THE GALLERY OF ANCIENT ART

Mythology in the Art | Greek mythology | Icarius
1. SCULPTURE. Greece.
Ikarios plays host to Dionysos.
Neo-Attic relief.
Marble. Late 1st cent. BCE — early 1st cent. CE.
Inv. No. 6713.
Naples, National Archaeological Museum.
2. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Dramatic poet plays host to Dionysus (so-called “Icarios’ feast”).
Neo-Attic relief.
Marble. Roman copy of the 2nd cent. CE from Greek model of late 2nd cent. BCE.
Inv. Nos. MR 719 / Ma 1606.
Paris, Louvre Museum.
3. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Dramatic poet plays host to Dionysos (so-called “Icarios’ feast”). Detail.
Neo-Attic relief.
Marble.
Roman copy of the 2nd cent. CE from Greek model of late 2nd cent. BCE.
Inv. Nos. MR 719 / Ma 1606.
Paris, Louvre Museum.
4. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Decorative vase “Dionysus and his companions”.
Marble. 2nd century CE.
Inv. No. A 111.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
5. SCULPTURE. Greece.
Decorative vase “Dionysus and his companions” (a close-up of the frieze relief).
Marble. 2nd century CE.
Inv. No. A 111.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
6. SCULPTURE. Greece.
Decorative vase “Dionysus and his companions” (a close-up of the frieze relief).
Marble. 2nd century CE.
Inv. No. A 111.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.