THE GALLERY OF ANCIENT ART

Mythology in the Art | Greek mythology | Hera
1. SCULPTURE. Greece.
Head of Hera.
Marble. 420 BCE.
Athens, National Archaeological Museum.
2. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Olympic gods awaiting the arrival of the emperor. From left to right: Hercules, Minerva, Bacchus, Jupiter, Ceres, Juno, Mercury.
Marble.
114—117 CE.
Benevento, Arch of Trajan.
3. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Olympic gods awaiting the arrival of the emperor. From left to right: Hercules, Minerva, Bacchus, Jupiter, Ceres, Juno, Mercury.
Marble.
114—117 CE.
Benevento, Arch of Trajan.
4. 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.
5. PAINTING, GRAPHICS. Rome.
Reception of Heracles into the Assembly of Olympic gods in the presence of Hera, Athena, and Zeus as rainbow.
Fresco of the 4th style. 50—79 CE.
Herculaneum, Archaeological Park, Hall of the Augustals (VI, 24).
6. CERAMICS. Greece.
Hera.
Red-figured kylix (type B) with white-ground tondo.
Potter: follower of Brygos; painter: Sabouroff Painter.
Early classical, ca. 470—460 BCE.
Inv. Nos. 2685 / ex J 336.
Munich, State Antique Collection.
7. CERAMICS. Greece.
Hera.
Red-figured kylix (type B) with white-ground tondo.
Potter: follower of Brygos; painter: Sabouroff Painter.
Early classical, ca. 470—460 BCE.
Inv. Nos. 2685 / ex J 336.
Munich, State Antique Collection.
8. 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.
9. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Sarcophagus with the contest between the Muses and the Sirens.
Marble. Roman. Third quarter of the 3rd cent. CE.
Inv. No. 10.104.
New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art.
10. SCULPTURE. Magna Graecia.
Zeus and Hera. Metopa from the eastern frieze of the Temple E in Selinuntum
Limestone, marble.
460—450 BCE.
Palermo, Regional Archaeological Museum “Antonio Salinas”.
11. SCULPTURE. Magna Graecia.
Zeus and Hera (a close-up). Metopa from the eastern frieze of the Temple E in Selinuntum
Limestone, marble.
460—450 BCE.
Palermo, Regional Archaeological Museum “Antonio Salinas”.
12. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Sarcophagus with a myth of Selene and Endymion.
Marble.
Ca. 235 CE.
Inv. No. Ma 1335.
Paris, Louvre Museum.
13. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Judgement of Paris (a close-up of a lid of sarcophagus with a myth of Selene and Endymion).
Marble.
Ca. 235 CE.
Inv. No. Ma 1335.
Paris, Louvre Museum.
14. SCULPTURE. Greece.
Kore (so-called “Hera of Samos”).
Marble.
570—560 BCE.
Inv. Nos. MNB 3226 / Ma 686.
Paris, Louvre Museum.
15. SCULPTURE. Greece.
Kore (so-called “Hera of Samos”).
Marble.
570—560 BCE.
Inv. Nos. MNB 3226 / Ma 686.
Paris, Louvre Museum.
16. SCULPTURE. Etruria.
Cinerary urn of a woman with a scene of a battle between the Giants and the Gods.
Travertine. 2nd century BCE.
Inv. No. Bell. 134.
Perugia, National Archaeological Museum of Umbria.
17. PAINTING, GRAPHICS. Rome.
Pompeii: Domus Vettiorum, Painted Room.
60—79 CE.
Pompeii, Archaeological Park, House of the Vettii (VI. 15. 1. p).
18. PAINTING, GRAPHICS. Rome.
The Exedra-Pinacotheca of the House of the Vettii.
Fourth style. 60—79 CE.
Pompeii, Archaeological Park, House of the Vettii (VI. 15. 1. p).
19. PAINTING, GRAPHICS. Rome.
The Exedra-Pinacotheca of the House of the Vettii. North and east walls.
Fourth style. 60—79 CE.
Pompeii, Archaeological Park, House of the Vettii (VI. 15. 1. p).
20. PAINTING, GRAPHICS. Rome.
The Exedra-Pinacotheca of the House of the Vettii. East and south walls.
Fourth style. 60—79 CE.
Pompeii, Archaeological Park, House of the Vettii (VI. 15. 1. p).