Virginia Museum of Fine Art: Ancient Mediterranean Cultures

 More images from my recent visit to the Virginia Museum of Fine Art.  These are from the Ancient Art Galleries focused on the Cultures of the Mediterranean region.  There are five galleries including a large faux courtyard with large, elegant Doric Columns.  It's not the largest collection I've ever seen.  It's similar in size to those displayed at The Seattle Museum or Art, The Walter's Art Museum (Baltimore), or the Cincinnati Art Museum.  What it may lack in numbers of items, it more than makes up for in range and quality of artifacts.  Enjoy. 

9) "Stirrup-Jar" circa 13th-12th Century BCE

MYCENAEAN

10) "Statuette of an Oxen" 12th Century BCE

MYCENAEAN

11) "Bowl in the Form of a Lotus Blossom" circa 1500 BCE

MINOAN

"Head of Dionysos" 2nd Century

ROMAN

"Relief Plaque" 4th Century BCE

GREEK

"Red Figure Neck-Amphora" circa 430 BCE

GREEK

"Red Figure Neck-Amphora," detail

"Wreath" circa 325-275 BCE

ETRUSCAN

"Red Figure Ram's Head Rhyton" circa 480 BCE

GREEK

"Third-Style Wall Fresco" 1st Century

ROMAN

"Third-Style Wall Fresco," detail

"Cosmetic Box With Lid" circa 1539-1070 BCE

EGYPTIAN

"Statue of Senkamanisken, King of Kush" circa 643-623 BCE

KUSHITE

"False Door Stele" circa 2475-2345 BCE

EGYPTIAN

"False Door Stele," detail

"Section of a Floor Mosaic Depicted the Four Seasons" circa 270-330

ROMAN

"Summer," detail

"Emperor Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus (Caligula)" circa 38

ROMAN