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Mythology in the Art | Greek mythology | Dionysus
61. GLYPTICS. Rome.
Childhood of Dionysus.
Cameo. Sardonyx-agate.
Inscription: LAV. R. MED.
Inv. No. 25833.
Naples, National Archaeological Museum.
62. GLYPTICS. Rome.
Satyr with the child Dionysus.
Cameo.
Sardonyx-agate.
1st century BCE.
Inv. No. 25880.
Naples, National Archaeological Museum.
63. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Sarcophagus with scenes of bacchanalia.
White marble.
140—160 CE.
Inv. No. 27710.
Naples, National Archaeological Museum.
64. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Sarcophagus with scenes of bacchanalia.
White marble.
140—160 CE.
Inv. No. 27710.
Naples, National Archaeological Museum.
65. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Sarcophagus with scenes of bacchanalia (left side panel).
White marble.
140—160 CE.
Inv. No. 27710.
Naples, National Archaeological Museum.
66. PAINTING, GRAPHICS. Rome.
Dionysus and Ariadne.
Fresco in Pompeii in the House of the new Hunt (VII. 10. 3) (in situ).
Inv. No. 111484.
Naples, National Archaeological Museum.
67. PAINTING, GRAPHICS. Rome.
Predella depicting a scene connected with the Bacchic rite.
Fresco from Herculaneum.
Fourth style. 45—79 CE.
Inv. No. 9265.
Naples, National Archaeological Museum, Hall LXVIII.
68. PAINTING, GRAPHICS. Rome.
Predella depicting the initiation of a girl into the Dionysian mysteries.
Fresco from Herculaneum.
Fourth style. 45—79 CE.
Inv. No. 9267.
Naples, National Archaeological Museum, Hall LXVIII.
69. PAINTING, GRAPHICS. Rome.
Death of Sophonisba (banquet scene).
Fresco from Pompeii (House of Emperor Joseph II, VIII. 2. 39).
20 BCE — 25 CE.
Inv. No. 8968.
Naples, National Archaeological Museum, Hall LXXI.
70. PAINTING, GRAPHICS. Rome.
Bacchus finding Ariadne.
Fresco from Pompeii.
Fourth style. 60—79 CE.
Inv. No. 9271.
Naples, National Archaeological Museum, Hall LXXIII.
71. PAINTING, GRAPHICS. Rome.
Bacchus finding Ariadne.
Fresco from Pompeii.
Fourth style. 60—79 CE.
Inv. No. 9271.
Naples, National Archaeological Museum, Hall LXXIII.
72. PAINTING, GRAPHICS. Rome.
Bacchus and Vesuvius.
Fresco from Pompeii.
Inv. No. 112286.
Naples, National Archaeological Museum, Hall LXXV.
73. 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.
74. TOREUTICS. Rome.
Silver handle of a large dish with a scene of a lioness hunting.
Silver, gold.
2nd — early 3rd century CE.
Inv. No. 06.1106.
New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art.
75. ADORNMENTS. Greece.
The Madytos Jewelry: pediment-shaped diadem.
Gold.
Ca. 330—300 BCE.
Inv. No. 06.1217.1.
New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art.
76. CERAMICS. Greece.
Pompe, the female personification of a procession, between Eros and Dionysos.
Oinochoe. Attic.
Mid-4th cent. BCE.
Inv. No. 25.190.
New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art.
77. TOREUTICS. Rome.
Silver handle from a serving dish with depicting of the Indian triumph of Bacchus.
Silver, gilding.
Early 3rd century CE.
Inv. No. 54.11.8.
New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art.
78. TOREUTICS. Rome.
Handle of dish with depicting of the Indian triumph of Bacchus.
Silver, gilding.
Early 3rd century CE.
Inv. No. 54.11.8.
New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art.
79. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Lenos shaped sarcophagus with Dionysus on a panther, also known as “Badminton sarcophagus”.
White marble. 260—270 CE.
Inv. No. 55.11.5.
New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art.
80. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Lenos shaped sarcophagus with Dionysus on a panther, also known as “Badminton sarcophagus”. Detail of relief: Dionysus and maenad.
White marble. 260—270 CE.
Inv. No. 55.11.5.
New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art.