THE GALLERY OF ANCIENT ART

Mythology in the Art | Greek mythology | Atlas
1. TOREUTICS. Rome.
Patera from Parabiago (scheme).
Inv. No. A0.9.14264.
Milan, Civic Archaeological Museum.
2. TOREUTICS. Rome.
Patera from Parabiago.
Silver with traces of guilding.
Second half of the 4th century.
Inv. No. A0.9.14264.
Milan, Civic Archaeological Museum.
3. TOREUTICS. Rome.
Patera from Parabiago. Detail: Aeon, Atlas and Zodiac.
Silver with traces of guilding. Second half of the 4th century.
Inv. No. A0.9.14264.
Milan, Civic Archaeological Museum.
4. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Statue of Atlas, holding the Earth.
Marble. Newly-Roman period.
Inv. No. 6374.
Naples, National Archaeological Museum.
5. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Statue of Atlas holding the celestial sphere (Farnese Atlas).
Marble. Roman copy of a Greek sculpture of the 2nd cent. BCE.
Inv. No. 6374.
Naples, National Archaeological Museum.
6. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Statue of Atlas holding the celestial sphere (Farnese Atlas).
Marble. Roman copy of a Greek sculpture of the 2nd cent. BCE.
H. 191 cm. Diameter of the sphere 66 cm.
Inv. No. 6374.
Naples, National Archaeological Museum.
7. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Statue of Atlas holding the celestial sphere (Farnese Atlas).
Marble. Roman copy of a Greek sculpture of the 2nd cent. BCE.
Inv. No. 6374.
Naples, National Archaeological Museum.
8. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Statue of Atlas, holding the Earth. Detail.
Marble. Newly-Roman period.
Inv. No. 6374.
Naples, National Archaeological Museum.
9. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Statue of Atlas holding the celestial sphere (Farnese Atlas): a close-up.
Marble. Roman copy of a Greek sculpture of the 2nd cent. BCE.
H. 191 cm. Diameter of the sphere 66 cm.
Inv. No. 6374.
Naples, National Archaeological Museum.
10. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Statue of Atlas holding the celestial sphere (Farnese Atlas): a close-up.
Marble. Roman copy of a Greek sculpture of the 2nd cent. BCE.
Inv. No. 6374.
Naples, National Archaeological Museum.
11. SCULPTURE. Greece.
Heracles, Athena, and Atlas.
Metope of the Temple of Zeus at Olympia.
Marble. 460s BCE.
Olympia, Archaeological Museum.
12. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Clipeus-sarcophagus of Lucius Caltilius Salutaris depicting the myth about Romulus and Remus.
Marble.
Second half of the 2nd century.
Inv. Nos. 106 / 106 A.
Ostia, Archaeological Museum.
13. CERAMICS. Greece.
The torments of Atlas and Prometheus.
Cup from Laconia.
550 BCE.
Inv. No. 16592.
Rome, Vatican Museums, Gregorian Etruscan Museum.