THE GALLERY OF ANCIENT ART

Mythology in the Art | Greek mythology | Aphrodite
61. PAINTING, GRAPHICS. Rome.
Mars and Venus.
Fresco from Pompeii (House of Punished Love, VII, 2, 23).
Third style. Ca. 20 BCE — 50s CE.
Inv. No. 9249.
Naples, National Archaeological Museum.
62. PAINTING, GRAPHICS. Rome.
Scenes of a dyeing shop (fullonica).
Pillar with frescoes from Pompeii, the Fullery of Lucius Veranius Hypsaeus (VI. 8. 20).
Fourth style. 50—79 CE.
Inv. No. 9774.
Naples, National Archaeological Museum.
63. GLYPTICS. Rome.
Female bust with a branch.
Agate-onyx.
1st century BCE — 1st century CE.
Inv. No. 26775.
Naples, National Archaeological Museum.
64. PAINTING, GRAPHICS. Rome.
Marriage of Mars-Alexander and Aphrodite-Roxana.
Fresco of the early 4th style from Pompeii (House of the Gold Bracelet, VI. 17. 42).
Inv. No. 41657.
Naples, National Archaeological Museum.
65. PAINTING, GRAPHICS. Rome.
Mars and Venus.
Fresco from the House of Citharoedus in Pompeii (House of Popidius Secundus, I, 4, 5—25, north wall of cubiculum 20).
1st century CE.
Inv. No. 112282.
Naples, National Archaeological Museum.
66. PAINTING, GRAPHICS. Rome.
Judgment of Paris.
Fresco of the 4th style from Pompeii (V. 2. 15).
45—79 CE.
Inv. No. 119691.
Naples, National Archaeological Museum.
67. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Aphrodite Sosandra.
Marble.
Roman work of the 1st—2nd cent. CE after a bronze work by Calamis of 465 BCE.
Inv. No. 153654.
Naples, National Archaeological Museum.
68. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Afrodite Sosandra.
Marble.
Roman work of the 1st—2nd cent. CE after a bronze work by Calamis of 465 BCE.
Inv. No. 153654.
Naples, National Archaeological Museum.
69. PAINTING, GRAPHICS. Rome.
Aphrodite offering Adonis (?) a nest of cupids.
Fresco from Pompeii (House of Cornelius Diadumenus, VII. 12. 26).
45—79 CE.
Inv. No. 111437.
Naples, National Archaeological Museum, Hall LXVI.
70. PAINTING, GRAPHICS. Rome.
Architectural composition with tholos, two masks, fountain, and hanging birds and fish.
Fresco from Pompeii (VI. 17. 41).
40—30 BCE.
Inv. No. 8594.
Naples, National Archaeological Museum, Hall LXIX.
71. PAINTING, GRAPHICS. Rome.
Origin of Rome.
Fresco from Pompeii.
35—45 CE.
Inv. No. without number.
Naples, National Archaeological Museum, Hall LXXIII.
72. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Statue of Venus Genetrix.
Marble. Roman copy of 1st—2nd cent. CE of a Greek bronze statue of the late 5th century BCE, attributed to Callimachus.
Inv. No. 32.11.3.
New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art.
73. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Statue of Venus Genetrix.
Marble. Roman copy of 1st—2nd cent. CE of a Greek bronze statue of the late 5th century BCE, attributed to Callimachus.
Inv. No. 32.11.3.
New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art.
74. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Statue of Venus Genetrix.
Marble. Roman copy of 1st—2nd cent. CE of a Greek bronze statue of the late 5th century BCE, attributed to Callimachus.
Inv. No. 32.11.3.
New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art.
75. SCULPTURE. Rome.
A lenos-shaped sarcophagus with a myth of Selene and Endymion.
Marble. Early 3rd cent. CE.
Inv. No. 47.100.4a, b.
New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art.
76. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Sarcophagus with a myth of Selene and Endymion. The lid frieze.
Marble.
Early 3rd cent. CE.
CIL XIV 565.
Inv. No. 47.100.4b.
New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art.
77. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Aphrodite (the Aphrodite of Cnidos type).
Marble.
Roman copy of the 1st—2nd century CE after a Greek statue of 3rd—2nd cent. BCE.
Inv. No. 52.11.5.
New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art.
78. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Aphrodite (the Aphrodite of Cnidos type).
Marble.
Roman copy of the 1st—2nd century CE after a Greek statue of 3rd—2nd cent. BCE.
Inv. No. 52.11.5.
New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art.
79. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Aphrodite (the Aphrodite of Cnidos type).
Marble.
Roman copy of the 1st—2nd century CE after Greek statue of 3rd-2nd cent. BCE.
Inv. No. 52.11.5.
New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art.
80. SCULPTURE. Greece.
Head of a goddess, possibly Aphrodite.
Onyx marble (also known as calcite alabaster).
Greece, 2nd—1st century BCE.
Inv. No. 2012.477.1.
New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art.