THE GALLERY OF ANCIENT ART

Mythology in the Art | Greek mythology | Prometheus
1. CERAMICS. Greece.
Heracles comes to the aid of Prometheus.
Krater. Attic.
610 BCE.
Athens, National Archaeological Museum.
2. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Sarcophagus with scenes of the myth of Prometheus and the creation of man.
Marble.
4th cent. CE.
Inv. No. 6705.
Naples, National Archaeological Museum.
3. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Sarcophagus with scenes of the myth of Prometheus and the creation of man (close-up).
Marble.
4th cent. CE.
Inv. No. 6705.
Naples, National Archaeological Museum.
4. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Sarcophagus with scenes of the myth of Prometheus and the creation of man (close-up).
Marble.
4th cent. CE.
Inv. No. 6705.
Naples, National Archaeological Museum.
5. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Sarcophagus of a child with scenes of the myth of Prometheus and the creation of man.
Marble. 3rd cent. CE.
Inv. No. S 329.
Rome, Capitoline Museums, Palazzo Nuovo, Hall of the Doves.
6. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Sarcophagus of a child with scenes of the myth of Prometheus and the creation of man (the front panel).
Marble. 3rd cent. CE.
Inv. No. S 329.
Rome, Capitoline Museums, Palazzo Nuovo, Hall of the Doves.
7. CERAMICS. Greece.
The torments of Atlas and Prometheus.
Cup from Laconia.
550 BCE.
Inv. No. 16592.
Rome, Vatican Museums, Gregorian Etruscan Museum.
8. SCULPTURE.
Prometheus and the First Man.
Pietro Stagi (active ca. 1783—1793) after a model by Simon Louis Boiseau.
Marble.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
9. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Relief with a scene “The Torture of Prometheus”.
Marble.
Age of Hadrian.
Santa Maria Capua Vetere, Gladiators Museum.