THE GALLERY OF ANCIENT ART

Mythology in the Art | Greek mythology | Griffins
1. SCULPTURE. Greece.
Statue of Athena.
Bronze.
340—330 BCE.
Inv. No. 4646.
Athens, Archaeological Museum of Piraeus.
2. SCULPTURE. Greece.
Statue of Athena (“The Piraeus Athena”).
Bronze.
340—330 BCE.
Inv. No. 4646.
Athens, Archaeological Museum of Piraeus.
3. SCULPTURE. Greece.
Statue of Athena (“The Piraeus Athena”).
Bronze.
340—330 BCE.
Inv. No. 4646.
Athens, Archaeological Museum of Piraeus.
4. SCULPTURE. Greece.
Statue of Athena (“The Piraeus Athena”).
Bronze.
340—330 BCE.
Inv. No. 4646.
Athens, Archaeological Museum of Piraeus.
5. SCULPTURE. Etruria.
Canope urn with the handles.
Terracotta.
6th century BCE.
Chiusi, National Etruscan Museum.
6. SCULPTURE. Etruria.
Urn from Chiusi.
Clay.
Ca. 600 BCE.
Chiusi, National Etruscan Museum.
7. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Nero.
Marble.
54—68 CE.
Inv. No. 506 T.
Istanbul, Archaeological Museum.
8. CERAMICS. Southern Italy.
Slaughter of Iphigenia.
Red-figured volute krater. Apulia.
Ca. 370—350 BCE.
Attributed to a painter close to the Iliupersis Painter (the sack of Troy).
Inv. No. 1865,0103.21.
London, British Museum.
9. SCULPTURE. Greece.
Head of Ares.
Marble.
After a cult statue by Alkamenes from the temple of Ares at Athens (430—420 BCE).
Inv. No. 212.
Munich, Glyptotek.
10. SCULPTURE. Greece.
Head of Ares.
Marble.
After a cult statue by Alkamenes from the temple of Ares at Athens (430—420 BCE).
Inv. No. 212.
Munich, Glyptotek.
11. SCULPTURE. Greece.
Head of Ares.
Marble.
After a cult statue by Alkamenes from the temple of Ares at Athens (430—420 BCE).
Inv. No. 212.
Munich, Glyptotek.
12. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Statue of emperor Titus.
Marble.
79—81 CE.
Inv. No. 6059.
Naples, National Archaeological Museum.
13. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Cuirassed statue of Titus.
White marble.
79 CE.
Inv. No. 6059.
Naples, National Archaeological Museum.
14. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Cuirassed statue of Titus.
White marble.
79 CE.
Inv. No. 6059.
Naples, National Archaeological Museum.
15. PAINTING, GRAPHICS. Rome.
Amazon.
Fresco from Herculaneum.
50—79 CE.
Inv. No. 9368.
Naples, National Archaeological Museum.
16. 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.
17. PAINTING, GRAPHICS. Rome.
Bows of ships.
Fresco from Pompeii (VI. 17. 9—10).
50—1 BCE.
Inv. No. 8604.
Naples, National Archaeological Museum, Hall LXIX.
18. PAINTING, GRAPHICS. Rome.
Thetis on the sea gryphon carries to his son Achilles the arms forged by Hephaestus.
62—79 CE.
Inv. No. 8873.
Naples, National Archaeological Museum, Hall LXXII.
19. ADORNMENTS. Greece.
The Ganymede jewelry: two pairs of gold fibulae of Macedonian type.
Gold, rock crystal.
Ca. 330—300 BCE.
Inv. No. 37.11.13—16.
New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art.
20. SCULPTURE. Rome.
A tombstone of Gaius Cornelius Philocalus.
Mid 1st — 3d cent. CE.
Ostia, Archaeological Museum.