Palazzo Massimo alle Terme

English: The Palazzo Massimo alle Terme, situated near the Thermae of Diocletian, is a part of the National Museum of Rome. It is dedicated to Greek and Roman sculpture, frescoes mosaics and Epigraphy.

Portraits

Republican era

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  3rd-2nd centuries BC
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  Philip V of Macedon
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  Priest of Isis, middle 1st century BC
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  middle of the 1st century BC.
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  Late 1st century BC
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  Period of the Second Triumvirate (43 BC)
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  So-called “Brutus”, 30-15 BC
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  Young woman
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  Portrait of an old woman with the “nodus” (knot) hairstyle favoured by Octavia, sister of Emperor Augustus. Late 1st century BC.

Early Imperial era

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  Portrait of a boy
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  Portrait of a boy
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  Augustus as pontifex maximus
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  Augustus as pontifex maximus
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  Germanicus
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  Head of Apollo. Marble, Roman copy
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  Agrippina minor
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  Antonia minor
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  Claudia Octavia
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  Poppaea Sabina

Late Imperial era

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  Portrait of Emperor Nerva
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  Portrait of Vibia Sabina, wife of Emperor Hadrian
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  Portrait of Emperor Hadrian
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  Portrait of Antinous with crown
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  Portrait of Antinous with crown
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  Portrait of Antinous with crown
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  Portrait of Antinous
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  Portrait of Antinous
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  Potrait of Hypnos
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  Potrait of Hypnos
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  Head of Herakles
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  Portrait of Emperor Alexander Severus
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  Portrait of Emperor Gordian III

Roman copies after Greek originals

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  Portrait of Epicurus
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  Portrait of Herodotus
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  Double herma of Homer (Apollonius of Tyana type) and Menander
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  Portrait of Sappho (modern copy (16th–18th centuries) after a Greek original, possibly an ancient bust reworked.)
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  Portrait of Socrates
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  « Herakles Viandante », roman copy after a Greek original of the 2nd century BC. J.-C.

Statues and reliefs

Greek originals and Roman copies

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  “Athena Carpegna”: cult statue of Athena with the face of the type of Carpegna Athena.
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  Intaglio with the head of Athena Parthenos. Bloodstone, Greek artwork, 1st century CE (modern mount).
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  Detail of a statue of Dionysus of the Sardanapalos type
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  “Hermes psychopompus”: statue of the Ludovisi Hermes type.
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  Wounded Niobid. Parian marble, Greek artwork, ca. 440 BC
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  Statue of a prince or dynast without crown, traditionnally thought to be a Seleucid prince, maybe Attalus II of Pergamon.
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  Statue of a Seleucid prince
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  Statue of a Seleucid prince
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  “Thermae boxer”: athlete resting after a boxing match
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  “Thermae boxer”
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  “Venus pudica”, one of the types of the Cnidian Venus
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  Anzio Apollo
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  Apollo (Castelporziano)
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  Statue of Thetis with a triton.
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  Tiber Apollo
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  Tiber Apollo
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  Castelporziano Discobolus
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  Lancellotti Discobolus
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  Maenad dancing, detail from a base. Marble, modified copy of a Greek original of the late 5th century BC.
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  "Sleeping Hermaphroditus", 2nd century AD replica of a second century BC original.

Roman originals

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  Antinous as Bacchus, harvesting grapes
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  Sarcophagus with battle scene between Romans and Germans. Marble, Roman artwork, 180–190 CE.
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  Sarcophagus with battle scene between Romans and Germans. Marble, Roman artwork, 180–190 CE.
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  Actor playing a slave and wearing a comic mask. Bronze statuette, early 3rd century CE.
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  Representation of the lupercal: Romulus and Remus fed by a she-wolf, surrounded by representations of the Tiber and the Palatine.
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  Funerary relief representing a curule chair. Marble, Roman artwork, 50 BC–50 CE.
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  "Melpomène" roman work, 1st century BC.
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  The "old Papposilenus", roman work 2d century AD.
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  "Giovane negro acrobata", Marble, Roman work.

Artwork

Roman artwork

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  Doll. Coloured ivory, Roman work, second half of the 2nd century CE
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  Bluish glass cup with gadroons decoration, Roman artwork, 1st century BC/CE.
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  Two-handled amphora-shaped balsamarium (perfume flask). Purple glass, 1st-2nd centuries CE.
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  Necklace. Gold and glass paste, Roman artwork, 6th–5th centuries BC.

Mosaics

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  Central panel of a floor mosaic with a cat and two ducks
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  Central panel of a floor mosaic with a cat and two ducks, detail
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  Floor mosaic with a duck
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  Dionysos fighting the Indians
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  Pavement mosaic with a bust of Dionysos. Roman artwork, 3rd century CE.
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  Hercules and Iolaus, Fountain mosaic from the Anzio Nymphaeum.
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  Nilotic landscape with ducks
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  Head of a satyr
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  Head of Pan
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  Mosaic emblema with charioteer
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  Mosaic emblema with charioteer

Opus sectile

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  Floral decoration
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  Griffin
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  Rape of Hylas

Frescos

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  Dea Barberini: fresco with seated Venus, restored as a personification of Rome
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  Garden from villa di Livia
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  Fasti Antiates Maiores:
  pre-Julian Roman calendar

Other objects

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  Stamping mold in forme of a crescent moon, used for bricks and tiles. Bronze, date unknown.
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  Circular stamping mold for bricks and tiles. Bronze, 3rd century CE.
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  Venetian “osella” (commemorative medal with the value of a gold quarter ducat). Gold, minted in 1704, year V of Alvise II Mocenigo.