THE GALLERY OF ANCIENT ART

Mythology in the Art | Greek mythology | Griffins
21. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Nine Muses, Athena and Apollo.
Frontal view of a sarcophagus with lid.
White Thasos marble.
Mid-2nd cent. CE.
Inv. Nos. SBAO 59954 / 59955.
Ostia, Archaeological Museum.
22. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Ares, called the “Borghese Ares”.
Marble.
1st—2nd cent. CE (?).
Inv. Nos. Mr 65 / Ma 866.
Paris, Louvre Museum.
23. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Socrates (sarcophagus of the Muses, left side).
Marble.
Rome. First half of the 2nd cent. CE.
Inv. Nos. MR 880 / Ma 475.
Paris, Louvre Museum.
24. ARCHITECTURE. Rome.
Temple of Antoninus and Faustina. Reconstruction.
Painter: J. F. Menager (1783—1864).
Watercolour.
Paris, National Fine Arts High School.
25. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Head of Ares (type “Borghese Ares”).
Luna marble.
Roman copy from the early Antonine age after a Greek statue of 5th century BCE.
Inv. No. 81.
Pisa, Camposanto Monumentale.
26. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Strigillated sarcophagus: griffins.
Marble.
210—220 CE.
Inv. No. A 8 est.
Pisa, Camposanto Monumentale.
27. PAINTING, GRAPHICS. Rome.
Dionysus and Ariadne.
Fresco of the early 4th style from Pompeii (House of the Gold Bracelet, VI. 17. 42).
Inv. No. 41658.
Pompeii, Antiquarium.
28. PAINTING, GRAPHICS. Rome.
Architectural decoration with a griffin.
Second style. Ca. 80—20 BCE.
Pompeii, Archaeological Park, The House of the Trojan Sacellum, or House of the Lararium of Achilles I, 6, 4.
29. PAINTING, GRAPHICS. Rome.
Architectural decoration with a griffin.
Second style. Ca. 80—20 BCE.
Pompeii, Archaeological Park, The House of the Trojan Sacellum, or House of the Lararium of Achilles I, 6, 4.
30. PAINTING, GRAPHICS. Rome.
Wall painting of the northern portico of Macellum in Pompeii, now lost.
Fourth style.
60—79 CE.
Drawing by Francesco Morelli (1768 — post 1815).
1800—1824.
Pompeii, Archaeological Park, Macellum (VII. 9. 7—8).
31. MOSAIC. Rome.
Mosaic depicting Anubis.
Late 2nd — early 3rd century CE.
Rimini, Civic Museum Luigi Tonini.
32. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Sarcophagus of the Muses.
White marble. Rome, 2nd century CE.
Rome, Church of San Crisogono.
33. SCULPTURE. Rome.
A sarcophagus of a child with vintage scenes.
Luni (Carrara) marble.
2nd century CE.
Rome, National Museum of Palazzo Venezia.
34. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Griffin.
Fragment of a frieze.
Luni marble. 2nd century CE.
Rome, Roman National Museum, Baths of Diocletian.
35. APPLIED ART. Rome.
Initiation into the Mysteries.
Stucco vault relief from the cubiculum B of a house beneath the Villa Farnesina.
Ca. 20 BCE.
Inv. No. 1072.
Rome, Roman National Museum, Palazzo Massimo alle Terme.
36. PAINTING, GRAPHICS. Etruria.
Detail of frieze with animals.
2nd—1st centuries BCE.
From Vulci, François Tomb.
Rome, Torlonia Museum.
37. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Sarcophagus of a child.
Marble. Mid-3rd cent. CE.
Inv. No. 1303 (lid), 1304 (box).
Rome, Vatican Museums, Chiaramonti Museum, VII. 21.
38. ADORNMENTS. Etruria.
Pectoral.
Gold sheet.
675—650 BCE.
Inv. No. 20553.
Rome, Vatican Museums, Gregorian Etruscan Museum.
39. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Statue of a general in armour.
Marble. Age of Nero (54—68 CE).
Inv. No. 9948.
Rome, Vatican Museums, Gregorian Profane Museum.
40. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Statue of a general in armour (close-up).
Marble. Age of Nero (54—68 CE).
Inv. No. 9948.
Rome, Vatican Museums, Gregorian Profane Museum.