THE GALLERY OF ANCIENT ART

Mythology in the Art | Greek mythology | Calliope
1. CERAMICS. Greece.
François vase: side AB, with scenes from Peleus’ wedding; Procession of the Gods (Zeus and Hera).
Black-figured volute krater. Attic.
Ca. mid-6th cent. BCE.
Inv. No. 4209.
Florence, National Archaeological Museum.
2. 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.
3. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Sarcophagus of the Muses.
Marble.
Rome. First half of the 2nd cent. CE.
Inv. Nos. MR 880 / Ma 475.
Paris, Louvre Museum.
4. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Sarcophagus of the Muses (front panel).
Marble.
Rome. First half of the 2nd cent. CE.
Inv. Nos. MR 880 / Ma 475.
Paris, Louvre Museum.
5. PAINTING, GRAPHICS. Rome.
Calliope.
Fresco fragment of the Fourth style from Pompeii (II. 4. 10).
62—79 CE.
Inv. No. P 4.
Paris, Louvre Museum.
6. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Sarcophagus with representation of the dead married couple and the Muses in arches (right short side panel).
Marble.
Rome. Ca. 250 CE.
Inv. No. C 22 est.
Pisa, Camposanto Monumentale.
7. PAINTING, GRAPHICS. Rome.
Calliope.
Fresco of the 4th style.
Neronian age (54—68 CE).
Pompeii, Archaeological Park, Great Gymnasium.
8. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Sarcophagus of the Muses.
White marble. Rome, 2nd century CE.
Rome, Church of San Crisogono.
9. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Statue of Calliope.
Marble.
Roman work of the 2nd century.
Inv. No. 312.
Rome, Vatican Museums, Pius-Clementine Museum, Room of the Muses, 18.
10. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Statue of Calliope.
Marble.
Roman work of the 2nd century.
Inv. No. 312.
Rome, Vatican Museums, Pius-Clementine Museum, Room of the Muses, 18.
11. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Statue of Calliope.
Marble.
Roman work of the 2nd century.
Inv. No. 312.
Rome, Vatican Museums, Pius-Clementine Museum, Room of the Muses, 18.
12. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Nine Muses, Athena and Apollo.
Relief of the front wall of a sarcophagus.
White fine-grained marble. 2nd cent. CE.
Inv. No. A 185.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
13. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Nine Muses, Athena and Apollo. Detail: Calliope, Terpsichore, Urania, Clio.
Relief of the front wall of a sarcophagus.
Marble. 2nd cent. CE.
Inv. No. A 185.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
14. MOSAIC. Northern Africa.
Vergil holding the scroll with text of “Aeneid” seated between the muses of history (Clio) and tragedy (Melpomene).
Mosaic.
3rd century.
Inv. No. A 266.
Tunis, National Museum of Bardo.
15. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Sarcophagus of the Muses.
White marble.
Rome, 180—200 CE.
Vienna, Museum of Art History.