Polytheism Collection (page 2)

Entry of the consuls, illustration for Chocolat Poulain, 19th century (chromolithograph)
ELD4831030 Entry of the consuls, illustration for Chocolat Poulain, 19th century (chromolithograph); Private Collection; (add.info.: On 1 January in Rome: among the ancient Romans, on 1 January)

Haruspex reading the entrails of a sacrificed animal for Lucius Papirius Cursor (engraving)
8635775 Haruspex reading the entrails of a sacrificed animal for Lucius Papirius Cursor (engraving) by German School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info)

Double Herm with heads of Silenus
7287208 Double Herm with heads of Silenus.; Vatican Museums and Galleries, Vatican City; (add.info.: Double Herm with heads of Silenus. Last quarter of the 1st century AD)

Bust of Ganymede
7287202 Bust of Ganymede; Vatican Museums and Galleries, Vatican City; (add.info.: Bust of Ganymede. Roman sculture. Vatican Museum, Chiaramonti museum, Rome, Italy); © Frank Buffetrille

Statuette of Artemis
7287249 Statuette of Artemis; Vatican Museums and Galleries, Vatican City; (add.info.: Statuette of Artemis. Reproduction of a Greek original of the 3rd century BC)

Columns of the Temple of Diana, Evora, Portugal. 1st century
7264831 Columns of the Temple of Diana, Evora, Portugal. 1st century; Evora, Alto Alentejo, Portugal; (add.info.: Corinthian columns of the Roman temple of Evora, built around the 1st century)

Offering to the God Pan, 1855 (oil on fabric)
XOS5879736 Offering to the God Pan, 1855 (oil on fabric) by Delaroche, Hippolyte (Paul) (1797-1856); 25.2x20.7 cm; Cleveland Museum of Art, OH, USA; (add.info.: Painting by Paul Delaroche)

Globe with table, carried by a crowned figure (Atlas?), c.1651 (ivory statuette and gilded copper)
MMM5475235 Globe with table, carried by a crowned figure (Atlas?), c.1651 (ivory statuette and gilded copper); National Maritime Museum, London, UK; (add.info.: Globe with table)

The temple of Diana, Evora, Portugal. 1st century
7264829 The temple of Diana, Evora, Portugal. 1st century; Evora, Alto Alentejo, Portugal; (add.info.: The Corinthian Roman temple of Evora, built around the 1st century)

Egyptian antiquity: representation of Pharaoh Ramses II (1279-1213 BC) as the god Shed (?). Bas relief
BEN5475204 Egyptian antiquity: representation of Pharaoh Ramses II (1279-1213 BC) as the god Shed (?). Bas relief. Paris, Louvre Museum; Photo © Raffaello Bencini

Hercules and Cacus. Marble sculpture by Baccio or Bartolomeo Bandinelli (1488-1580), 1534 Piazza Signoria, Florence
BEN5464552 Hercules and Cacus. Marble sculpture by Baccio or Bartolomeo Bandinelli (1488-1580), 1534 Piazza Signoria, Florence by Bandinelli, Baccio (1488-1560); Photo © Raffaello Bencini

Statue of Artemis restored as a Muse
7287250 Statue of Artemis restored as a Muse; Vatican Museums and Galleries, Vatican City; (add.info.: Statue of Artemis restored as a Muse. 2nd century AD)

Hekataion. Goddess of the Moon
7287247 Hekataion. Goddess of the Moon; Vatican Museums and Galleries, Vatican City; (add.info.: Hekataion. Goddess of the Moon and the underworld and depicted with three bodies)

Double Herm with heads of Silenus
7287207 Double Herm with heads of Silenus.; Vatican Museums and Galleries, Vatican City; (add.info.: Double Herm with heads of Silenus. Last quater of the 1st century AD)

Athena Nike in front of the Acropolis of Athens - Illustrated sticker for the International Olympic Games in Athens
LEG4339423 Athena Nike in front of the Acropolis of Athens - Illustrated sticker for the International Olympic Games in Athens (Greece)

Statue of Minerva sitting restored in Rome (sculpture)
YOU4419190 Statue of Minerva sitting restored in Rome (sculpture); Louvre, Paris, France; (add.info.: Statue of Minerva sitting restored in Rome)

Statue of Bacchus, Roman deity (marble)
YOU4419182 Statue of Bacchus, Roman deity (marble); Louvre, Paris, France; (add.info.: Statue of Bacchus, Roman deity, equivalente to Dionysus in Greek mythology, god of wine, drunkenness)

The apotheosis of Hercules (fresco)
BEN5461408 The apotheosis of Hercules (fresco) by Ricci, Sebastiano (1658-1734); Palazzo Marucelli-Fenzi, Florence, Italy; (add.info.: The apotheosis of Hercules)

The Twelve Works of Hercules: Heracles (Hercules) raises the giant Antee Bronze sculpture by Antonio Benci called The
BEN5479911 The Twelve Works of Hercules: Heracles (Hercules) raises the giant Antee Bronze sculpture by Antonio Benci called The Pollaiolo (Pollaiuolo) (1431-1498) 15th century Museo del Bargello

Statuette of Artemis
7287257 Statuette of Artemis.; Vatican Museums and Galleries, Vatican City; (add.info.: Statuette of Artemis. Mid 2nd century AD copy of a Greek original of the mid-4th century BC)

Statue of Goddess Breastfeeding a baby
7287255 Statue of Goddess Breastfeeding a baby; Vatican Museums and Galleries, Vatican City; (add.info.: Statue of Goddess Breastfeeding a baby. 1st century AD)

Herm of Hephaestus
7287201 Herm of Hephaestus; Vatican Museums and Galleries, Vatican City; (add.info.: Herm of Hephaestus. Roman sculture inspired by a statue made by Alkamenes between 421 and 416 BC)

Columns of theTemple of Diana, Evora, 1st century
7264840 Columns of theTemple of Diana, Evora, 1st century; Evora, Alto Alentejo, Portugal; (add.info.: Corinthian columns of the Roman temple of Evora, built around the 1st century)

Tetradrachma with the profile portrait of Neptune, -253 (silver)
MMM5472816 Tetradrachma with the profile portrait of Neptune, -253 (silver) by Greek school, (3rd century BC); National Maritime Museum, London, UK; (add.info.: Obverse: Head of Neptune)

Yaxchilan lintel of Ritual scene with a plaque of a jaguar governor carrying the feathers of Quetzal
AIS5378762 Yaxchilan lintel of Ritual scene with a plaque of a jaguar governor carrying the feathers of Quetzal, Late Classic or III period, 200-900 AD (limestone bas-relief); Museo Arqueologico

The People, seduced by Vatha, claim the Re-establishment of Paganism (engraving)
8649820 The People, seduced by Vatha, claim the Re-establishment of Paganism (engraving) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The People, seduced by Vatha)

Colossal bust Jupiter of Versailles 9marble)
YOU4419032 Colossal bust Jupiter of Versailles 9marble); Louvre, Paris, France; (add.info.: Colossal bust of bearded deity, known as Jupiter of Versailles, Roman art)

Statue of the goddess Juno (marble)
YOU4419205 Statue of the goddess Juno (marble); Louvre, Paris, France; (add.info.: Statue of Juno, known as Providence, marble sculpture dating from the 2nd century AD)

Representation of Wotan, a Viking deity, surrounded by his crows and wolves
FGL5465046 Representation of Wotan, a Viking deity, surrounded by his crows and wolves. Chromolithography by Petzold & Aulhorn A.-G. Dresden, 19th century.; Fototeca Gilardi

Collection of mistletoe by druids in the presence of Gauls (engraving)
JLJ4640108 Collection of mistletoe by druids in the presence of Gauls (engraving); Private Collection; (add.info.: engraving - Collection of mistletoe by druids in the presence of Gauls)

Greek red figure vase showing women caring for a sacrificial bull, 1909 (drawing)
3780767 Greek red figure vase showing women caring for a sacrificial bull, 1909 (drawing); (add.info.: Greek red figure vase showing women caring for a sacrificial bull)

Statue of Artemis, goddess of the hunt in Greek mythology, from Ephesus (engraving)
7147480 Statue of Artemis, goddess of the hunt in Greek mythology, from Ephesus (engraving) by German School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Statue of Artemis)

Statue of Adonis (marble)
YOU4419173 Statue of Adonis (marble) by Duquesnoy, Francois (1597-1643); Louvre, Paris, France; (add.info.: Statue of Adonis, in Greek mythology, divinite symbolizing death and renewal of nature)

"Achille pleure la mort deAchilles Lamenting the Death of Patroclus
FIA5365171 " Achille pleure la mort deAchilles Lamenting the Death of Patroclus by Gay, Nikolai Nikolajevitch (1831-94); Belorussian National Gallery, Minsk

Beetle, Tomb of Ramses IX, Luxor
8587540 Beetle, Tomb of Ramses IX, Luxor by Egyptian; Valley of the Kings, Thebes, Egypt; (add.info.: Egypt. Luxor, city on the Nile of ancient Thebes)

Beetle in the center of Udjat's eyes, Tomb of Ramses IX, Luxor
8587388 Beetle in the center of Udjat's eyes, Tomb of Ramses IX, Luxor by Egyptian; Valley of the Kings, Thebes, Egypt; (add.info.: Egypt. Luxor, city on the Nile of ancient Thebes)

Horus, Horus Temple, Edfu (sculpture)
8587156 Horus, Horus Temple, Edfu (sculpture) by Egyptian; Temple of Horus, Edfu, Egypt; (add.info.: Egypt. Edfu, city located on the left bank of the Nile between Aswan and Luxor Temple of Edfu)

Horus, Kom Ombo Temple (relief)
8588570 Horus, Kom Ombo Temple (relief) by Egyptian; Temple of Sobek and Haroeris, Kom Ombo, Egypt; (add.info.: Egypt. Kom Ombo Temple, between Luxor and Aswan Horus)

Sobek, Kom Ombo Temple (relief)
8588507 Sobek, Kom Ombo Temple (relief) by Egyptian; Temple of Sobek and Haroeris, Kom Ombo, Egypt; (add.info.: Egypt. Kom Ombo Temple, between Luxor and Aswan Sobek, son of the goddess Neith)

Horus, the temple of Philae
8588996 Horus, the temple of Philae by Egyptian; Philae, Egypt; (add.info.: Egypt. Temple of Philae, the cult of Isis Horus, the great God of Heaven)

Crocodile, Kom Ombo Temple (sculpture)
8588228 Crocodile, Kom Ombo Temple (sculpture) by Egyptian; Temple of Sobek and Haroeris, Kom Ombo, Egypt; (add.info.: Egypt)

Ra the Sun King and Khnum, Keeper of the Nile Springs, Tomb of Ramses IX, Luxor
8587590 Ra the Sun King and Khnum, Keeper of the Nile Springs, Tomb of Ramses IX, Luxor by Egyptian; Valley of the Kings, Thebes, Egypt; (add.info.: Egypt. Luxor, city on the Nile of ancient Thebes)

Offering scene, Temple of Horus in Edfu
8588612 Offering scene, Temple of Horus in Edfu by Egyptian; Valley of the Kings, Thebes, Egypt; (add.info.: Egypt Edfu, a city in Upper Egypt housing the Temple of Horus. Built from 237 to 57 BC)

Sculpture of Poseidon
7287204 Sculpture of Poseidon by Greco-Roman; Vatican Museums and Galleries, Vatican City; (add.info.: Sculpture of Poseidon. Roman sculture. Copy made after a Greek original dated 2nd century BC)

Ruler of Upper Egypt making an offering to Ra and Knoum, Temple of Horus, Edfu
8588930 Ruler of Upper Egypt making an offering to Ra and Knoum, Temple of Horus, Edfu by Egyptian; Temple of Horus, Edfu, Egypt; (add.info.: Egypt Edfu)

Sekhmet, Horus Temple, Edfu
8587464 Sekhmet, Horus Temple, Edfu by Egyptian; Temple of Horus, Edfu, Egypt; (add.info.: Egypt. Edfu, city located on the left bank of the Nile between Aswan and Luxor Temple of Edfu)

Thot, Kom Ombo Temple (relief)
8588455 Thot, Kom Ombo Temple (relief) by Egyptian; Temple of Sobek and Haroeris, Kom Ombo, Egypt; (add.info.: Egypt. Kom Ombo Temple, between Luxor and Aswan Thoth, messenger of the Gods)

Mut and Khnum, Luxor Temple (relief)
8585873 Mut and Khnum, Luxor Temple (relief) by Egyptian; Temple of Luxor, Luxor, Egypt; (add.info.: Egypt. Luxor, city on the Nile of ancient Thebes)

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