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Red-figured bell-crater from Apulia:Apollo purifies    
Orestes with the blood of a piglet.Orestes still holds 
the dagger with which he has killed his mother.        
Klitaimnestra tries to wake the sleeping Furies.       
(Aischylos,Eumenides). 380 BCE;   H:48,7cm   Cp 710
#03050112

Red-figured bell-crater from Apulia:Apollo purifies Orestes with the blood o...

Portrait of Empress Agrippina Minor(?)(15 BCE-59 BCE)  
around 44 BCE. Marble,H: 26 cm    Ma 1232              
Although this portrait has the hairdo of               
Agrippina Minor,it is not certain that it is the       
Empress.
#03050124

Portrait of Empress Agrippina Minor(?)(15 BCE-59 BCE) around 44 BCE. Marble,H:...

Portrait of Marc Aurel as a child.Found in Gabies,     
sculpted in Italy,second quarter 2nd century CE.       
Marble,H:26,5 cm                                       
Ma 1178
#03050125

Portrait of Marc Aurel as a child.Found in Gabies, sculpted in Italy,second...

Portrait of Marc Aurel as a child.Found in Gabies,     
sculpted in Italy,second quarter 2nd century CE.       
Marble,H:26,5 cm                                       
Ma 1178
#03050126

Portrait of Marc Aurel as a child.Found in Gabies, sculpted in Italy,second...

Portrait of Germanicus,(15 BCE-19 CE),Roman General,   
adopted by Emperor Tiberius in 4 CE.                   
Marble,from Cordoba,Spain, H:50 cm                     
Ma 3135
#03050127

Portrait of Germanicus,(15 BCE-19 CE),Roman General, adopted by Emperor Tiber...

Caesar Caligula.                                       
Marble bust, H: 47 cm                                  
Inv. MA 1234
#03050128

Caesar Caligula. Marble bust, H: 47 cm...

Portrait of Drusus the Younger (15 BCE-23 CE)          
around 21 CE.                                          
Marble, H:48 cm           Ma 1240                      
The son of Tiberius represented at the time of his     
Triumph after his victories in Illyria (Croatia).
#03050129

Portrait of Drusus the Younger (15 BCE-23 CE) around 21 CE....

Portrait of Emperor Augustus (17 BCE-14 CE)            
Posthume portrait from the reign of Claudius (41-54 CE)
From Cerveteri, marble, H:35 cm   Ma 1246              
The wreath of oak or Civic Crown was granted to the    
young emperor by the Senate in 27 CE.
#03050130

Portrait of Emperor Augustus (17 BCE-14 CE) Posthume portrait from t...

Portrait of Agrippa,husband of Julia,daughter of       
Emperor Augustus, around 45-50 CE.                     
Paros marble,from Philippeville,Algeria,formerly       
Rusicada. H:21 cm     Ma 3554                          
This portrait is a late copy of a bronze original.
#03050131

Portrait of Agrippa,husband of Julia,daughter of Emperor Augustus, around...

Portrait of an unknown princess,certainly an oriental  
educated at the Roman Court.Formerly identified as     
Poppaea,wife of Nero. Around 55-60 CE                  
Marble,H:39 cm        Ma 1269
#03050132

Portrait of an unknown princess,certainly an oriental educated at the Roman Co...

Portrait of Faustina the Younger.                      
Found near Tivoli,third quarter second century CE.     
Marble, H:62 cm                                        
Ma 1144
#03050133

Portrait of Faustina the Younger. Found near Tivoli,third...

God Mithras killing the bull, 2nd-3rd CE,from Rome.    
Marble, 58 x 67 x 16 cm           Ma 3441
#03050134

God Mithras killing the bull, 2nd-3rd CE,from Rome. Marble, 58 x 67 x 16 cm...