THE GALLERY OF ANCIENT ART

Mythology in the Art | Greek mythology | Aeneas
1. CERAMICS. Southern Italy.
Aeneas’ escape with old-aged Anchises from Troy.
Image on the attic vase (lekythos) from Gela.
5th century BCE.
Museum of Archaeology.
2. PAINTING, GRAPHICS.
The apparition of a snake during Aeneas’ sacrifice at the tomb of Anchises.
Engraving by Jean Baptiste Raphael Urbain Massard (1775—1843), 1798.
3. PAINTING, GRAPHICS.
Death of Dido.
Joseph Stallaert (1825—1903).
Oil on canvas.
Ca. 1872.
Inv. No. 2522.
Brussels, Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium.
4. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Portrait of Aeneas?
Marble.
Roman copy of 117—138 CE from the original of 27 BCE—14 CE.
Inv. No. 605.
Copenhagen, New Carlsberg Glyptotek.
5. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Portrait of Aeneas?
Marble.
Roman copy of 117—138 CE from the original of 27 BCE—14 CE.
Inv. No. 605.
Copenhagen, New Carlsberg Glyptotek.
6. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Portrait of Aeneas?
Marble.
Roman copy of 117—138 CE from the original of 27 BCE—14 CE.
Inv. No. 605.
Copenhagen, New Carlsberg Glyptotek.
7. SCULPTURE. Greece.
Flight of Aeneas with aged blind Anchises, according to the Greek version of the myth.
Picture of metope from the Parthenon.
5th century BCE.
London, British Museum.
8. PAINTING, GRAPHICS. Rome.
Forsaken Dido.
Fresco from Pompeii (House of Meleager, VI. 9. 2).
Fourth style. Ca. 69—79 CE.
Inv. No. 8898.
Naples, National Archaeological Museum, Hall LXXII.
9. PAINTING, GRAPHICS. Rome.
Forsaken Dido.
Fresco from Pompeii (House of Meleager, VI. 9. 2).
Fourth style. Ca. 62—79 CE.
Inv. No. 8898.
Naples, National Archaeological Museum, Hall LXXII.
10. PAINTING, GRAPHICS. Rome.
Origin of Rome.
Fresco from Pompeii.
35—45 CE.
Inv. No. without number.
Naples, National Archaeological Museum, Hall LXXIII.
11. PAINTING, GRAPHICS. Rome.
Aeneas escaping from Troy with his father Anchises and juvenile son Ascanius.
Facade of the House of Marcus Fabius Ululitremulus on the via dell’Abbondanza in Pompeii immediately after excavation.
1st cent. CE.
Pompeii, Archaeological Park, House of Marcus Fabius Ululitremulus (IX. 13. 5).
12. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Aeneas escaping from Troy with his father Anchises and juvenile son Ascanius.
2nd century BCE.
Rome, Museum of Roman Civilization.
13. SCULPTURE. Etruria.
Aeneas with his father on his back.
Terracotta from Veii. 4th century BCE.
Rome, National Etruscan Museum of Villa Julia.
14. PAINTING, GRAPHICS. Rome.
Scene from the cycle about Aeneas.
Fresco from the tomb of a libertine of Statilius Taurus.
Late 1st century BCE.
Rome, Roman National Museum.
15. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Front panel of the sarcophagus of a child depicting hunting scenes (known as “Sarcophagus with a mummy from Grottarossa”).
Marble.
Second half of the 2nd cent. CE.
Inv. No. 168186.
Rome, Roman National Museum, Palazzo Massimo alle Terme.