COLOURS | PATTERNS:
Wall paintings on the preserved inner chambers' walls of the Capitolium Temple in Brixia [Brescia], Italy
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capitolium_of_Brixia
89-75 BC
FEMALE HEAD | "Divinità Femminili":
Probably Aphrodite [hairstyle]
Roman inspiration based on Praxitelic model [Knidos type]
Fragment of a [smaller than life-sized] statue, later restorations
White marble
1 [to 2] AD
Unknown provenance.
Museo Nazionale di Ravenna | MNR
[Ground fl., Sala delle Erme]
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AMAZONOMACHY:
Silver Cup with Heracles, the scene of Amazonomachy [miniature embossed figures]
H = 6.5 cm, W [Rim] = 10.5 cm
Ca end of the 1st c. AD - 2 AD
Probably produced in Gaul
Found in the Po river near Crescentino, Italy
Musei Reali Torino, Turin | MRT
[Museum of Antiquities | Museo di Antichità, -1 Floor]
KRATER W/ THE HEAD OF MEDUSA:
Apulian Red-figured Volute Krater
Attributed to the Painter A of the Heroa Group
Ca 350 BC
[Sides A & B: Scenes from the cult of the dead]
Pic 1 : Side B;
Pic 2 : Side A, upper register, Medusa's head close-up;
Pic 3 : Side A;
Pic 4 : Side B, vessel body close-up:
Male or Female [4] ?..
Somebody's portrait? What is your opinion?
Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Parma | MANP
[Pilotta, Archaeological Museum, Floor 2]
https://complessopilotta.it/en/archaeological-museum
FEMALE HEAD | Archaic-style Protome:
Possibly Demeter [?], Votive, Unknown provenance,
Terracotta,
5 BC
Found in Spina [the Etruscan port city], now the area of Comacchio [near Ferrara and Ravenna], Ferrara province, Emilia Romagna.
Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Ferrara | MANF
[Ground floor, 'Sala delle storie di Giuseppe']
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AMAZONOMACHY:
Attic Red-figured Column Krater
Attributed to the Polignotos Painter
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polygnotos_(vase_painter)
450-440 BC
Side A:
Two Amazons [depicted in Hellenic clothing, one with a sagaris] confront two Greek warriors.
From Tomb 724B, the Valle Pega, Chiusi area [near Ferrara], Spina.
Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Ferrara | MANF
[1st Fl. Sala XV]
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MRT | Michael Svetbird 18|02|24 6400X4300 600 [I.-III.]
The photographed object is collection item of MRT, photos are subject to copyright.
[non commercial use | sorry for the watermarks]
📸 Part of the "Reliefs-Friezes-Slabs-Sculpture" MSP Online Photo-gallery:
HERACLES + WOMAN:
Etruscan terracotta janiform Kantharos with the heads of Heracles and a Woman [possibly Athena, Omphale or an Amazon, as IDed by MANF]
By the Clusium Group [Etruscan workshop]
Ca 300 BC.
From Tomb 1029B, the Valle Pega, Chiusi area [near Ferrara], Spina.
Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Ferrara | MANF
[1st Fl. Sala XII]
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FEMALE FIGURE [High] Relief:
Fragmented Roman slab of unknown provenance
White marble
Early 1st AD.
Museo Nazionale di Ravenna | MNR
[Ground fl., Sala delle Erme]
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AMAZON Leading a Horse:
Attic Red-figure Bell Krater
Attributed to the Eupolis Painter
[ https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q56033758 ]
Ca 440 BC.
From Tomb 203, the Valle Trebba area [near Ferrara], Spina
Side A: an Amazon leads a horse, carrying sagaris;
[Side B: Two young men].
Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Ferrara | MANF
[1st Fl. Sala II]
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