THE GALLERY OF ANCIENT ART

Mythology in the Art | Greek mythology | Dioscuri
1. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Relief with the Dioscuri
Marble.
Hadrianic period. Early 2nd century.
Christie’s Fine Art Auction House, New York.
2. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Relief with the Dioscuri
Marble.
Hadrianic period. Early 2nd century.
Christie’s Fine Art Auction House, New York.
3. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Relief with the Dioscuri
Marble.
Hadrianic period. Early 2nd century.
Christie’s Fine Art Auction House, New York.
4. SCULPTURE. Rome.
A Dioscuros, Son of Zeus.
Marble. Roman. 2nd century CE.
Inv. No. 505.
Copenhagen, New Carlsberg Glyptotek.
5. SCULPTURE. Rome.
A Dioscuros, Son of Zeus.
Marble. Roman. 2nd century CE.
Inv. No. 505.
Copenhagen, New Carlsberg Glyptotek.
6. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Sarcophagus of the spouses flanked by the Dioscuri (the front panel).
Marble.
2nd cent. CE.
Inv. No. 2005/928.
Florence, Museum of the Works of the Cathedral.
7. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Sarcophagus with the myth of Leucippides’ abduction (front panel).
Roman work.
Pentelic marble.
First half of the 2nd cent. CE.
Inv. No. 104.
Florence, Uffizi Gallery.
8. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Sarcophage with the myth of the Calydonian Hunt.
Greek medium-grained marble.
Roman work. 200—230 CE.
Inv. No. 135.
Florence, Uffizi Gallery.
9. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Youth with horse (Castor?).
Marble.
117—118 CE.
Inv. No. 1805,0703.121.
London, British Museum.
10. MOSAIC. Rome.
Abduction of the Leucippides.
Mosaic from Pompeii (House of L. Aelius Magnus, VIII, 2, 16).
Inv. No. 120619.
Naples, National Archaeological Museum.
11. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Dioscuros (one statue of a pair).
Marble. Roman copy of 2nd cent. CE after a Greek original of the 5th century BCE.
Inv. Nos. 131209 / 230872.
Naples, National Archaeological Museum.
12. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Dioscuros (one statue of a pair).
Marble.
Roman copy of 2nd cent. CE after a Greek original of the 2nd century BCE.
Inv. Nos. 131209 / 230872.
Naples, National Archaeological Museum.
13. 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.
14. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Marble relief with the Dioscuri.
Marble. Roman work.
2nd cent. CE.
Inv. No. L.2014.62.1.
New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art (on loan).
15. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Sarcophagus with a scene of Calydonian hunt (front relief).
Marble.
290—295 CE.
Inv. No. A 6 est.
Pisa, Camposanto Monumentale.
16. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Sarcophagus in the form of a portico with arches.
Marble.
Rome. Ca. 270—280 CE.
Inv. No. C 14 est.
Pisa, Camposanto Monumentale.
17. PAINTING, GRAPHICS. Rome.
Castor or Pollux.
Fresco of the 4th style.
Neronian age (54—68 CE).
Pompeii, Archaeological Park, Great Gymnasium.
18. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Sarcophagus with a scene of the Calydonian Hunt.
The front panel.
Marble. Second half of the 2nd cent. CE.
Rome, Capitoline Museums.
19. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Statues of Dioscuri on the Capitol from the side of the front staircase.
Marble.
Empire time.
Rome, Capitoline Museums, Square of Capitol.
20. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Sarcophagus with a scene of the Calydonian Hunt.
The front panel.
Dimensions: L. 222 cm, H. 56 cm, D. 48 cm.
Marble. Mid-2nd cent. CE.
Inv. No. 822.
Rome, Capitoline Museums, Palazzo dei Conservatori.