THE GALLERY OF ANCIENT ART

Mythology in the Art | Greek mythology | Hermes
41. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Sarcophagus with scenes of the myth of Prometheus and the creation of man (close-up).
Marble.
4th cent. CE.
Inv. No. 6705.
Naples, National Archaeological Museum.
42. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Sarcophagus with scenes of the myth of Prometheus and the creation of man (close-up).
Marble.
4th cent. CE.
Inv. No. 6705.
Naples, National Archaeological Museum.
43. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Orpheus, Eurydice and Hermes.
Relief. Roman copy of the augustan age from a Greek original of the second half of 5th cent. BCE by Alcamenes, disciple of Phidias.
Marble.
Inv. No. 6727.
Naples, National Archaeological Museum.
44. PAINTING, GRAPHICS. Rome.
Io, Argus and Hermes.
Fresco of the 4th style.
60—79 CE.
Inv. No. 9548.
Naples, National Archaeological Museum.
45. CERAMICS. Southern Italy.
So-called “Vase of Patroclus”, side B.
Red-figured volute-krater. Apulia.
Darius Painter.
Clay. 340—320 BCE.
Inv. No. 81954 (?).
Naples, National Archaeological Museum.
46. CERAMICS. Southern Italy.
So-called “Vase of Patroclus”, side A.
Red-figured volute-krater. Apulia.
Darius Painter.
Clay. 340—320 BCE.
Inv. No. 81954 (?).
Naples, National Archaeological Museum.
47. 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.
48. PAINTING, GRAPHICS. Rome.
Origin of Rome.
Fresco from Pompeii.
35—45 CE.
Inv. No. without number.
Naples, National Archaeological Museum, Hall LXXIII.
49. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Statue of the Seated Hermes in the Central collecting Point in Munich in 1945.
Inv. No. 5625.
Naples, National Archaeological Museum.
50. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Sarcophagus with scenes of the myth of Protesilaus and Laodamia.
Marble. Late 2nd century CE.
Naples, Santa Chiara Church.
51. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Sarcophagus with scenes of the myth of Protesilaus and Laodamia.
The frontal panel.
Marble. Late 2nd century CE.
Naples, Santa Chiara Church.
52. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Sarcophagus with scenes of the myth of Protesilaus and Laodamia. “Laodamia meets Protesilaus”.
The front panel.
Marble. Late 2nd century CE.
Naples, Santa Chiara Church.
53. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Sarcophagus with scenes of the myth of Protesilaus and Laodamia.
Right side panel.
Marble. Late 2nd century CE.
Naples, Santa Chiara Church.
54. CERAMICS. Southern Italy.
Athena with deities.
Red-figured column-krater. Apulia.
Ca. 360—350 BCE.
Attributed to the Group of Boston 00.348.
Inv. No. 50.11.4.
New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art.
55. SCULPTURE. Greece.
Hermes with the Infant Dionysos.
Praxiteles.
Marble.
330 BCE.
Olympia, Archaeological Museum.
56. MOSAIC. Greece.
Dionysos’ childhood.
Cyprus, the House of Aion.
Mid-4th cent. CE.
Paphos, Archaeological Park.
57. SCULPTURE. Greece.
Hermes and Charites.
Detail of relief from the island Thasos.
Marble. Early 5th century BCE.
Paris, Louvre Museum.
58. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Sarcophagus with a myth of Selene and Endymion.
Marble.
Ca. 235 CE.
Inv. No. Ma 1335.
Paris, Louvre Museum.
59. 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.
60. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Hermes tying his sandal, so-called “Iason”.
Marble.
Roman copy after a Greek original by Lysippos of the 4th century BCE.
Inv. No. MR 238.
Paris, Louvre Museum.