THE GALLERY OF ANCIENT ART

Mythology in the Art | Greek mythology | Aphrodite
21. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Aphrodite.
Marble. 1st—2nd centuries CE.
Inv. No. MC 241.
Cremona, “Ala Ponzone” City Museum.
22. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Aphrodite.
Marble. 1st—2nd centuries CE.
Inv. No. MC 241.
Cremona, “Ala Ponzone” City Museum.
23. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Aphrodite.
Marble. 1st—2nd centuries CE.
Inv. No. MC 241.
Cremona, “Ala Ponzone” City Museum.
24. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Aphrodite (Capitoline type).
White marble. Last quarter of the 1st century BCE — beginning of the 1st century CE.
Cremona, San Lorenzo Archaeological Museum.
25. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Aphrodite (Capitoline type).
White marble. Last quarter of the 1st century BCE — beginning of the 1st century CE.
Cremona, San Lorenzo Archaeological Museum.
26. CERAMICS. Greece.
François vase: side AB, with scenes from Peleus’ wedding; Procession of the Gods (Zeus and Hera).
Black-figured volute krater. Attic.
Ca. mid-6th cent. BCE.
Inv. No. 4209.
Florence, National Archaeological Museum.
27. SCULPTURE. Etruria.
Recognition of Paris in the house of Priam.
Relief of the front of Etruscan cinerary urn.
Travertine.
2nd—1st centuries BCE.
Inv. No. 5742.
Florence, National Archaeological Museum.
28. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Sarcophagus with a scene of the rape of Persephone (the front side).
Fine-grained marble (possibly Italic).
160—180 CE.
Inv. No. 86.
Florence, Uffizi Gallery.
29. SCULPTURE. Greece.
The Medici Venus.
Parian marble.
Greek copy of the late 2nd century — early 1st century BCE after a Greek original.
Inv. No. 224.
Florence, Uffizi Gallery, The Tribuna (Hall 18).
30. SCULPTURE. Greece.
The Medici Venus.
Parian marble.
Greek copy of the late 2nd century — early 1st century BCE after a Greek original.
Inv. No. 224.
Florence, Uffizi Gallery, The Tribuna (Hall 18).
31. SCULPTURE. Greece.
The Tribune.
Florence, Uffizi Gallery, Trinune.
32. SCULPTURE.
Head of Aphrodite (Capitoline type).
Marble.
2nd century CE.
Inv. No. 2458 T.
Istanbul, Archaeological Museum.
33. SCULPTURE.
Head of Aphrodite (Capitoline type).
Marble.
2nd century CE.
Inv. No. 2458 T.
Istanbul, Archaeological Museum.
34. SCULPTURE.
Head of Aphrodite (Capitoline type).
Marble.
2nd century CE.
Inv. No. 2458 T.
Istanbul, Archaeological Museum.
35. SCULPTURE. Greece.
Head of a terracotta statuette of Aphrodite.
400—325 BCE.
Kouklia, Museum.
36. ADORNMENTS. Black Sea Coast.
Wreath from Gorgippia. Detail: plate in the center depicting Aphrodite Urania with the sceptre and Eros.
Stamped gold. 2nd—mid-3rd cent. CE.
Inv. No. MD 3289.
Krasnodar, Museum of History and Archaeology.
37. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Front panel of sarcophagus with a myth of Aphrodite and Adonis.
Parian marble. Late 2nd century CE.
Inv. No. 6734.
Mantua, Ducal Palace.
38. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Front panel of sarcophagus with a myth of Aphrodite and Adonis. Wounded Adonis (detail).
Parian marble. Late 2nd century CE.
Inv. No. 6734.
Mantua, Ducal Palace.
39. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Front panel of sarcophagus with a myth of Aphrodite and Adonis. Aphrodite comes to wounded Adonis (detail).
Parian marble. Late 2nd century CE.
Inv. No. 6734.
Mantua, Ducal Palace.
40. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Front panel of sarcophagus with a myth of Aphrodite and Adonis. Death of Adonis (detail).
Parian marble. Late 2nd century CE.
Inv. No. 6734.
Mantua, Ducal Palace.