THE GALLERY OF ANCIENT ART

Mythology in the Art | Greek mythology | Zeus
81. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Seated statue of Jupiter (so-called Jupiter Verospi).
Marble.
Dating: 80—100 CE (Spinola) / 3rd cent. CE (others scholars).
Only the upper part of the body is ancient, up to the legs; the arms, some parts of the face and of the hair and the rest of the body were integrated in the 18th century.
Inv. No. 671.
Rome, Vatican Museums, Pius-Clementine Museum, Gallery of the Busts, 77.
82. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Seated statue of Jupiter (so-called Jupiter Verospi).
Marble.
Dating: 80—100 CE (Spinola) / 3rd cent. CE (others scholars).
Only the upper part of the body is ancient, up to the legs; the arms, some parts of the face and of the hair and the rest of the body were integrated in the 18th century.
Inv. No. 671.
Rome, Vatican Museums, Pius-Clementine Museum, Gallery of the Busts, 77.
83. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Nike killing the bull or the rape of Europa by Zeus in a bull-like visage.
Marble.
First half of 2nd cent. CE.
Inv. Nos. 143 / 428.
Rome, Vatican Museums, Pius-Clementine Museum, Room of the Animals.
84. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Relief with the image of the scene of Dionysos’ birth.
Marble. Roman work of the second century after a Greek model of the late 4th century BCE.
Inv. No. 328.
Rome, Vatican Museums, Pius-Clementine Museum, Room of the Muses, 1.
85. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Relief with the image of the scene of Dionysos’ birth.
Marble. Roman work of the 2nd century after a Greek model of the second half of 4th century BCE.
Inv. No. 328.
Rome, Vatican Museums, Pius-Clementine Museum, Room of the Muses, 1.
86. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Relief with the image of the scene of Dionysos’ birth.
Marble. Roman work of the second century after a Greek model of the 2nd half of 4th century BCE.
Inv. No. 328.
Rome, Vatican Museums, Pius-Clementine Museum, Room of the Muses, 1.
87. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Head of Jupiter from Otricoli.
Marble.
Roman copy after a Greek original from the 4th century BCE.
Inv. No. 257.
Rome, Vatican Museums, Pius-Clementine Museum, Round Room, 3.
88. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Colossal head of Jupiter from Otricoli.
Marble.
Roman copy after a Greek original from the 4th century BCE.
Inv. No. 257.
Rome, Vatican Museums, Pius-Clementine Museum, Round Room, 3.
89. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Bust of Serapis-Zeus.
Marble. Roman copy.
Inv. No. 245.
Rome, Vatican Museums, Pius-Clementine Museum, Round Room, 15.
90. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Serapis.
Marble. Roman, after a Greek original of early 3rd century BCE.
Inv. No. A. 99.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
91. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Serapis.
Marble. Roman, after a Greek original of early 3rd century BCE.
Inv. No. A. 99.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
92. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Ganymede feeding the eagle.
Marble. Roman copy of late 1st cent. BCE after a Greek original.
58 × 44 cm.
Inv. No. A. 195.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
93. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Ganymede feeding the eagle.
Marble. Roman copy of late 1st cent. BCE after a Greek original.
58 × 44 cm.
Inv. No. A. 195.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
94. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Ganymede feeding the eagle. Detail.
Marble. Roman copy of late 1st cent. BCE after a Greek original.
58 × 44 cm.
Inv. No. A. 195.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
95. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Zeus.
Marble.
1st century.
Inv. No. A. 283.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
96. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Altar.
Marble.
1st century CE.
Inv. No. A 305.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
97. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Statue of Jupiter.
Marble. Late 1st century CE.
Drapery, scepter, eagle and Victory are made of painted plaster in the 19th cent.
Inv. No. A 362.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
98. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Statuette of Zeus.
Bronze, smooth patina, dark brown, solid cast. Imperial period.
Inv. No. Б. 290 (St. 611).
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
99. CERAMICS. Greece.
Europa on the bull.
Red-figure amphora. Attic.
By the Phiale Painter.
Clay. Ca. 440 BCE.
Inv. No. Б. 4523.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
100. GLYPTICS. Egypt.
Zeus.
Sardonyx.
3rd century BCE.
Inv. Nos. ГР-12679 / Ж. 292.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.