EditorialFestoon with masks, leaves and fruit (detail) Casa del Fauno, Pompeii VI 12,2 Inv. 9994 See also detail 11-01-01 / 28 and overall 03-05-01 / 69.
EditorialThe Alexander battle, mosaic. Probably done after a painting by Philoxeilos of Entrea (4th BCE), painted for Cassander of Macedon. Scene could show the battles of Issos, Granicus or Gaugamela. Left: Alexander, r.: Dareios. From the Casa del Fauno, VI 1...
EditorialBattle between Alexander the Great and King Dareios Probably a replica of a painting by Philoxeilos of Emtrea (4th BCE). Alexander is the bareheaded man (left) Dareios on his chariot (right). Scene could be Issos or Gaugamela. House of the Faun, Pompei...
EditorialComedy scene: consultation of a sorceress. Three women wearing theatrical masks, the maiden seeking help, the friend or courtesan, the witch. The mosaic is signed " Dioskurides of Samos". From the so-called House of Cicero, Pompeii. Inv.9987.
EditorialTwo young athletes (runners). Bronze statues, Roman copies of Hellenistic originals from the School of Lysippos. From the Villa of the Papyri, Herculanum Inv.5626,27.
EditorialDiver jumping from a tower into the sea, an allegory of death. The " tomb of the diver" is the only remaining mural of Greek Classical art of the early 5th BCE. From Paestum, Italy.
EditorialHead of the goddess Isis, marble. From the Ekklesiasterion, the Temple of the followers of the Isis-cult in Pompeii 3,3. Claudian Age, 1st CE.
EditorialCeremony of the cult of Isis; priests with typical fringed tunics holding sistra; a priest fans the flames on a garlanded altar. Two sacred ibis-birds in the foreground. From Herculaneum. Fourth style, 80 x 85 cm Inv. 8924.
EditorialOrestes sacrificing to Apollo to obtain forgiveness for the murder of Clytemnestra. The Erinnies are sleeping. White marble relief from Herculaneum (1st BCE). Height 91.5 cm, length 75.5 cm Inv. 6689.
EditorialMemento Mori, a skeleton. Black and white mosaic, probably from the pavement of a Roman dining hall, from the region of Mount Vesuvius, Italy. Inv.9978.
EditorialSkull, symbol of death, surrounded by symbolic objects: a butterfly for flying time, a wheel of fortune, a level as a sign that all are made level by death. From the triclinium of the Bottega, Pompeii 15,2 Inv.109982.
EditorialThe funeral banquet. Second panel of the " tomb of the diver", the only remaining mural of Greek classical art of the early 5th BCE. From Paestum, Italy. See also 10-01-06 / 68-70.
EditorialTwo young athletes (runners). Bronze statues, Roman copies of Hellenistic originals from the School of Lysippos. From the Villa of the Papyri, Herculanum Inv.5626,27.
EditorialImpluvium, Atrium (inner courtyard) of the House of the Faun, Pompeii. In the center a statue of a dancing faun, a Hellenistic bronze of the 2nd BCE. Original in the Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Naples.
EditorialFuneral rites: a female choir dancing and singing in the funeral procession. Mid 4th BCE From tomb 11, a semi-chamber tomb, Ruvo, Italy Inv. 9353.
EditorialUlysses and the cyclops Polyphem. Fragment of a marble group (mid 1st BCE) from the cave of Tiberius in Sperlonga showing the ship of Ulyssses attacked by Scylla. Height 215 cm, length 295 cm.
Editorial" Pseudo-Seneca". Also identified as the poet Ennius, (239-169 BCE), the first great Latin epic poet. Roman copy of a Greek original, around 200 BCE from Herculaneum (Villa of Papyri) Bronze bust, H: 33 cm.
EditorialOrestes sacrificing to Apollo to obtain forgiveness for the murder of Clytemnestra. The Erinnies are sleeping. White marble relief from Herculaneum (1st BCE). Height 91.5 cm, length 75.5 cm Inv. 6689.
EditorialDiver jumping from a tower into the sea, an allegory of death. The " tomb of the diver" is the only remaining mural of Greek Classical art of the early 5th BCE. From Paestum, Italy.
EditorialHarmodius (right) and Aristogeiton (left), the Tyrannicides.. Roman copy of the Athenian version by Kritios and Nesiotes. Marble. 477-476 BC. Naples, museo archeologico nazionale di Napoli.