THE GALLERY OF ANCIENT ART

Mythology in the Art | Greek mythology | Heracles
41. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Farnese Hercules.
Marble.
Inv. No. 6001.
Naples, National Archaeological Museum.
42. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Farnese Hercules.
Marble.
Roman work of the age of empire after an original of the second half of the 4th century BCE.
Inv. No. 6001.
Naples, National Archaeological Museum.
43. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Hercules at rest (the Farnese-Pitti type).
Marble.
Roman work of the late 2nd — early 3rd cent. CE after a bronze original by Lysippos of the second half of the 4th century BCE.
Inv. No. 6001.
Naples, National Archaeological Museum.
44. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Hercules at rest (the Farnese-Pitti type).
Marble.
Roman work of the late 2nd — early 3rd cent. CE after a bronze original by Lysippos of the second half of the 4th century BCE.
Inv. No. 6001.
Naples, National Archaeological Museum.
45. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Hercules at rest (the Farnese-Pitti type).
Marble.
Roman work of the late 2nd — early 3rd cent. CE after a bronze original by Lysippos of the second half of the 4th century BCE.
Inv. No. 6001.
Naples, National Archaeological Museum.
46. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Farnese Hercules.
Marble.
Roman work of the age of empire after an original of the second half of the 4th century BCE.
Inv. No. 6001.
Naples, National Archaeological Museum.
47. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Hercules at rest (the Farnese-Pitti type).
Marble.
Roman work of the late 2nd — early 3rd cent. CE after a bronze original by Lysippos of the second half of the 4th century BCE.
Inv. No. 6001.
Naples, National Archaeological Museum.
48. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Farnese Hercules.
Marble.
Roman work of the age of empire after an original of the second half of the 4th century BCE.
Inv. No. 6001.
Naples, National Archaeological Museum.
49. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Hercules at rest (the Farnese-Pitti type).
Marble.
Roman work of the late 2nd — early 3rd cent. CE after a bronze original by Lysippos of the second half of the 4th century BCE.
Inv. No. 6001.
Naples, National Archaeological Museum.
50. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Hercules at rest (the Farnese-Pitti type). Detail: the signature of the sculptor-copyist Glykon.
Marble.
Roman work of the late 2nd — early 3rd cent. CE after a bronze original by Lysippos of the second half of the 4th century BCE.
Inv. No. 6001.
Naples, National Archaeological Museum.
51. SCULPTURE. Greece.
Heracles starting the rites of the Eleusinian Mysteries.
Neo-Attic relief.
Luna varble.
Late 1st cent. BCE — early 1st cent. CE.
Inv. No. 6679.
Naples, National Archaeological Museum.
52. SCULPTURE. Greece.
Relief depicting a theatre scene.
Neo-Attic relief.
Luna marble. Mid-1st cent. CE.
Inv. No. 6687.
Naples, National Archaeological Museum.
53. PAINTING, GRAPHICS. Rome.
The abduction of Hilas by the nymphs.
Fresco from Herculaneum.
1st cent. CE.
Inv. No. 8864.
Naples, National Archaeological Museum.
54. PAINTING, GRAPHICS. Rome.
Heracles struggling with the Nemean lion.
Fresco from Herculaneum.
1st century.
Inv. No. 9011.
Naples, National Archaeological Museum.
55. GLYPTICS. Rome.
Head of Hercules.
Cameo. Sardonyx-onyx. 27 BCE — 14 CE.
Inv. No. 25851.
Naples, National Archaeological Museum.
56. PAINTING, GRAPHICS. Rome.
Hercules and Nessus.
Fresco from Pompeii (VI. 9. 5).
30—45 CE.
Inv. No. 9001.
Naples, National Archaeological Museum, Hall LXX.
57. PAINTING, GRAPHICS. Rome.
Hercules and Nessus.
Fresco from Pompeii (House of Fatal Love, IX, 5, 18, g).
20—25 CE.
Inv. No. 111474.
Naples, National Archaeological Museum, Hall LXX.
58. PAINTING, GRAPHICS. Rome.
Heracles and Omphale.
Fresco from Pompeii (VII. 16. 10).
Third style. 25—35 CE.
Inv. No. 9000.
Naples, National Archaeological Museum, Hall LXXI.
59. CERAMICS. Magna Graecia.
Patera (libation bowel).
Greece, South Italy, Campania.
Terracotta, black glaze. 3rd cent. BCE.
Inv. No. 01.8.13.
New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art.
60. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Bust of a youth.
Marble. Roman copy of the 1st or 2nd cent. CE of a head of a Greek statue of the 4th cent. BCE.
Inv. No. 15.143.
New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art.