Ancient Greek Collection (page 9)

Hercules Bearing the Column of Gades, c. 1520/1525. Creator: Albrecht Altdorfer
Hercules Bearing the Column of Gades, c. 1520/1525

Hercules and a Muse, c. 1520/1525. Creator: Albrecht Altdorfer
Hercules and a Muse, c. 1520/1525

Hercules Overcoming the Nemean Lion, c. 1520/1525. Creator: Albrecht Altdorfer
Hercules Overcoming the Nemean Lion, c. 1520/1525

Orpheus Playing to Pluto and Persephone in the Underworld, ca 1594. Creator: Brueghel, Jan, the Elder (1568-1625)
Orpheus Playing to Pluto and Persephone in the Underworld, ca 1594. Found in the collection of the Galleria Colonna, Rome

Jupiter and Io, 1550s. Creator: Bordone, Paris (1500-1571)
Jupiter and Io, 1550s. Found in the collection of the Goteborg Konstmuseum

Cassandra and Helen, 1866. Creator: Sandys, Frederick, (after) (1829-1904)
Cassandra and Helen, 1866. Private Collection

Cassandra and Helen, 1866. Creator: Sandys, Frederick, (after) (1829-1904)
Cassandra and Helen, 1866. Private Collection

Cecrops Daughters Uncover Erichthonius (recto); A Battle Scene (verso), 1577/78 (recto); n.d. (verso)

Chilon of Sparta, 1596. Creator: Jan Muller
Chilon of Sparta, 1596

Classical Portico with Figures in Ancient Dress, n.d. Creators: Antonio Zucchi, Hubert Robert
Classical Portico with Figures in Ancient Dress, n.d

Diogenes, 1774. Creator: John Downman
Diogenes, 1774

Diogenes in His Tub with Alexander and His Generals, 1810. Creator: Carl Russ
Diogenes in His Tub with Alexander and His Generals, 1810

Tecmessa, Her Son and Teucer Lamenting the Dead Ajax, 1809. Creator: Carl Russ
Tecmessa, Her Son and Teucer Lamenting the Dead Ajax, 1809

Democritus and Protagoras, 1778. Creator: William Pether
Democritus and Protagoras, 1778

Monuments of Greece: After Parthenon Frieze (North Side), n.d. Creator: William Young Ottley
Monuments of Greece: After Parthenon Frieze (North Side), n.d

Scene (the last) from the opera of "Medea", 1850. Creator: Unknown
Scene (the last) from the opera of "Medea", 1850. London production of Simon Mayr's "Medea in Corinto", the title role sung by Teresa Parodi:..vengeance accomplished

"Scene from Moore's Epicurean'"... 1850. Creator: Unknown
National Exhibition in Regent-street, [London] - No. 122 - "Scene from Moore's Epicurean'" - painted by O. R. Campbell, 1850. Mr. O. R

The International Exhibition: "A Confession", by E. J. Aubert, 1862. Creator: W Thomas
The International Exhibition: "A Confession", by E. J. Aubert, 1862....two young and beautiful females, intimate friends or companions, being together

Cleopatra, undated. (c1910s) Creator: Franz von Matsch
Cleopatra, undated. (c1910s)

Cleopatra, undated. (c1910s) Creator: Franz von Matsch
Cleopatra, undated. (c1910s)

The International Exhibition: marble group by Flaxman - "The Fury of Athamas... 1862. Creator: Unknown
The International Exhibition: marble group by Flaxman - "The Fury of Athamas - Ino Endeavouring to Rescue her Children from Destruction by their Father", 1862

The International Exhibition: Group of porcelain articles by Sir James Duke and Nephews, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The International Exhibition: Group of porcelain articles by Sir James Duke and Nephews, 1862. Ceramics in antique style which have...as a centrepiece a large vase of an Etruscan character

Reproduction of an Exact Copy of the Icon "St. Nicholas the Wonderworker", 1885. From a collection of paintings, lithographs, sketches, studies, and drawings

The Symposium of Plato, 1648. Creator: Pietro Testa
The Symposium of Plato, 1648

"The Temple of Minerva in Aegina, Greece", by Harry Johnson, in the Gallery... 1862. Creator: Mason Jackson
"The Temple of Minerva in AEgina, Greece", by Harry Johnson, in the Gallery of the British Institution, 1862. Engraving from a painting

The meeting of Diogenes of Sinope and Alexander the Great, 1784. Creator: Quirin Mark
The meeting of Diogenes of Sinope and Alexander the Great, 1784

The Discobolus of Myron, 1908. Creator: Unknown
The Discobolus of Myron, 1908. Le Discobole De Myron. The Discobolo di Castelporziano, a plaster composite reconstruction after the Lancellotti Discobolus

Achilles Playing a Lyre before Patroclus, 1675-1680. Found in the Collection of Nationalmuseum Stockholm

Jason killing the Colchian Dragon, ca 1766-1770. Found in the collection of Anhaltische Gemaldegalerie Dessau

Selene and Endymion, 1760s. Artist: Stefano Torelli
Selene and Endymion, 1760s. According to Greek mythology, the Goddess Selene was in love with Endymion, a shepherd. She asked Zeus to grant him eternal sleep so that he would stay young

Hebe, 1784. Artist: Francisco Javier Ramos y Albertos
Hebe, 1784. Hebe is the goddess of youth in Greek Mythology. Her Roman equivalent is Juventas. Found in the collection of the State Museum Arkhangelskoye Estate, Moscow

Paris Abducting Helen, c1782-c1784. Artist: Gavin Hamilton
Paris Abducting Helen, c1782-c1784. The abduction of Helen, wife of king Menelaus of Sparta, by the Trojan prince Paris, led to the Trojan Wars

Rape of Cassandra at Altar of Athena, Trojan War, 330BC. Cassandra sought shelter in the temple of Athena and there she embraced the wooden statue of Athena in supplication for her protection

Greek Vase Painting, Persian and Hoplite fighting, c5th century BC

Greek Vase, Black-figure Amphora depicting Boxing Scene, c6th century BC. Etruscan civilization. Panathenaic From the Tomb of the Warrior at Vulci, Viterbo province, Italy. Detail

Greek Bronze Statue of Poseidon found in sea near Cape Artemisian, c5th century BC. The Artemision Bronze (often called the God from the Sea)

Greek statues of Kleobis and Biton, 6th century BC
Kouroi of Kleobis and Biton, in Archaic style. The statues are not, in fact, naked - they are wearing sandals, 6th century BC

Reconstruction of a clepsydra (water clock), invented by Ctesibius of Alexandria, c270 BC (1857). Ctesibius (fl270 BC) was an inventor

Sleeping Endymion. Roman sculpture, after a Greek original of 2nd century BC. A fragment of a group of Selene and Endymion

Statue of Eros, 2nd century. Roman, after a Greek original of the first half of the 4th century BC. In Greek mythology, Eros was the God of Love. His Roman equivalent was Cupid

Statue of Asklepios, Greek God of Healing, early 2nd century. Roman, after the Greek original of the third quarter of the 5th century BC. Found in the collection of The Hermitage, St Petersburg

The Trojans repulsing the Greeks, 1538. Creator: Giovanni Battista Scultori
The Trojans repulsing the Greeks, 1538

The Judgment of Paris, ca. 1550-60. Creator: Giulio Bonasone
The Judgment of Paris, ca. 1550-60

Mercury from The Gods Who Preside Over the Planets, 1528. Creator: Master I. B
Mercury from The Gods Who Preside Over the Planets, 1528

Achilles dragging the body of Hector around the walls of Troy, 1648-50

Lycaon Transformed into a Wolf, dated 1524. Creator: Agostino Veneziano
Lycaon Transformed into a Wolf, dated 1524

The Banquet of Alexander, 1540-50. Creator: Domenico del Barbiere
The Banquet of Alexander, 1540-50

Plate 2: Jupiter; statue of the nude god seated on an eagle, holding a double trident; from Statues of Roman Gods after Jacques Jonghelinck, 1586

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