THE GALLERY OF ANCIENT ART

Mythology in the Art | Greek mythology | Dionysus
1. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Campana relief.
Terracotta.
1st century CE.
2. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Silen and maenad (a fragment of a scene of feast of Dionysus).
A short wall of a sarcophagus.
White marble. Mid-2nd cent. CE.
Arezzo, Civic Archaeological Museum.
3. SCULPTURE. Greece.
Dionysos and a Satyr (unfinished group).
Pentelic marble. Early 3rd cent. BCE.
Inv. No. 245.
Athens, National Archaeological Museum.
4. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Lenos-sarcophagus with representation of the triumph of Dionysus and shapes of lions.
White (Asian?) marble. Second quarter of the 3rd cent. CE.
Baiae, Archaeological Museum of Phlegraean Fields.
5. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Lenos-sarcophagus with representation of the triumph of Dionysus and shapes of lions (the right short side).
White (Asian?) marble. Second quarter of the 3rd cent. CE.
Baiae, Archaeological Museum of Phlegraean Fields.
6. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Lenos-sarcophagus with representation of the triumph of Dionysus and shapes of lions (еру right short side).
White (Asian?) marble. Second quarter of the 3rd cent. CE.
Baiae, Archaeological Museum of Phlegraean Fields.
7. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Clay slab of the Campana type with representation of Dionysus and satyr.
Terracotta.
Augustan age (27 BCE — 14 CE).
Baiae, Archaeological Museum of Phlegraean Fields.
8. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Clay slab of the Campana type with representation of Dionysus and satyr.
Terracotta.
Augustan age (27 BCE — 14 CE).
Baiae, Archaeological Museum of Phlegraean Fields.
9. 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.
10. 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.
11. MOSAIC. Rome.
Dionysus.
Floor mosaic of triclinium in so-called Domus of Dionysus.
2nd century CE.
Brescia, Santa Giulia Civic Museum.
12. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Dionysos.
Marble. 2nd cent. CE.
Capua, Provincial Museum of Campania.
13. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Dionysos.
Marble. 2nd cent. CE.
Capua, Provincial Museum of Campania.
14. PAINTING, GRAPHICS. Rome.
Wall fresco of the triclinium.
4th style.
54—68 CE.
Castellammare di Stabia, Villa of Ariadne, Room 3.
15. PAINTING, GRAPHICS. Rome.
Dionysus meets Ariadne on Naxos.
Fresco of the 4th style.
54—68 CE.
Castellammare di Stabia, Villa of Ariadne, Room 3.
16. CERAMICS. Southern Italy.
Young Dionysus and Pan.
Red-figured bell krater. Apulia.
Clay.
Attributed to the Tarporley Painter.
Ca. 410—390 BCE.
Inv. Nos. ex L.63.21.5 / ex L.1988.81.4 / ex 3985.
Chicago, Art Institute.
17. CERAMICS. Southern Italy.
Feasting Dionysus.
Red-figured calyx krater. Apulia.
Clay.
Attributed to the Painter of Athens 1714.
Ca. 375—350 BCE.
Inv. Nos. ex L.63.21.6 / ex L.1988.81.5 / ex 2351.
Chicago, Art Institute.
18. ADORNMENTS. Greece.
Bracelet with bust of Dionysus.
Silver.
Greece. Hellenistic period, 2nd—1st cent. BCE.
Christie’s Fine Art Auction House, London.
19. MOSAIC. Greece.
Mosaic floor with Dionysus’ head.
From a Roman villa.
Second half of the 2nd—3rd cent. CE.
Inv. Nos. A 609 / MOS 25-3.
Corinth, Archaeological Museum of Ancient Corinth.
20. MOSAIC. Greece.
Mosaic floor with Dionysus’ head.
From a Roman villa.
Second half of the 2nd—3rd cent. CE.
Inv. Nos. A 609 / MOS 25-3.
Corinth, Archaeological Museum of Ancient Corinth.