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Mythology



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Monsters

MONSTERS

Mythological Animals

MYTHOLOGICAL ANIMALS

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Phoenix on a pattern of roses. Mosaic from Daphnis near Antiochia,late 5th CE, Marble and limestone,600 x 425 cm INV.3442
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Phoenix on a pattern of roses. Mosaic from Daphnis near Antiochia,late...

Panel of a sarcophagus:Priam,king of Troy,ransoms the body of his son Hector. Borghese Collection. Early 3rd, marble. MA 353.9830 805 AGR
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Panel of a sarcophagus:Priam,king of Troy,ransoms the body of his son Hect...

Sarcophagus with garlands and scenes from the legend of Actaion.Left oval:Actaion,who has surprised the goddess Artemis in her bath,is attacked by his own pack of hounds.Right:putti pour water for Artemis. Marble,99 x 236 cm.Borghese Collection. Ma 459
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Sarcophagus with garlands and scenes from the legend of Actaion.Left oval:Act...

The muse Polyhymnia.Lower half a marble from the Imperial period,upper half by Borghese restorer A.Penna,1780. Marble, H:186 cm Ma 472
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The muse Polyhymnia.Lower half a marble from the Imperial period,upper ha...

The death of Meleager;relief from a sarcophagus built into the east-facade of the Villa Borghese. Right half 160-270 CE,left half completed in the 17th century after antique models. Marble,42 x 56 cm Ma 654
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The death of Meleager;relief from a sarcophagus built into the east-faca...

Fragment of an equestrian statue.In the center of the harness-ribbon a Medusa-head. Marble, L:120 cm
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Fragment of an equestrian statue.In the center of the harness-ribbon a Medusa-...

She-wolf nursing Romulus and Remus,perhaps by Nicolas Cordier (1567-1612);a topic inspired by antique sculptures. Red and white marble,H:70 cm MR 1649
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She-wolf nursing Romulus and Remus,perhaps by Nicolas Cordier (1567-1612);a to...

Nymph with shell.Roman sculpture,restored in the 17th century for the Borghese Collection.Both arms and the Hellenistic head,have been added.The reclining nymph has been endlessly copied. Marble, H:60 cm MR 309 N 247
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Nymph with shell.Roman sculpture,restored in the 17th century for the Borghese...

Nymphe a la coquille - nymph with a shell,1687. Sculpted from a plaster cast of an antique statue from the Borghese Collection, now in the Louvre (AGER). Marble,1045 x 1895 cm MR 1823
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Nymphe a la coquille - nymph with a shell,1687. Sculpted from a plaster...

A class in a painters' academy around a plaster cast of the "nymph with shell".In the right background the "gladiator Borghese". Canvas, 127 x 101 cm Inv. B 1937.1.66
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A class in a painters' academy around a plaster cast of the "nymph with shell...

Landscape with the Dioscuri (perhaps by Jean Lemaire's brother Pierre,both painters of antique ruins). Canvas,60 x 74 cm Inv.5760
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Landscape with the Dioscuri (perhaps by Jean Lemaire's brother Pierre,both pain...

Achilles greets the ambassadors of Agamemnon,1800. Achilles with a lyre;behind him Briseis,on his left Patrocles.Ulysses,Ajax and Phoenix try to persuade Achilles to return to the combat. Canvas,113 x 146 cm PRP 40
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Achilles greets the ambassadors of Agamemnon,1800. Achilles with a lyre;beh...