Greek and Roman Art
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · 29,736 artworks
The department of Greek and Roman Art holds more than 30,000 works ranging from the Neolithic period to the time of the Roman emperor Constantine. The collection features outstanding examples of Greek vases, Roman portrait sculpture, Cypriot limestone figures, and Roman wall paintings.
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Featured Artworks
Marble portrait head of the Emperor Constantine I
ca. 325–370 CE
Bronze statue of the emperor Trebonianus Gallus
251–253 CE
Marble portrait of the emperor Caracalla
212–217 CE
Marble sarcophagus with garlands
ca. 200–225 CE
Glass snake-thread flask shaped like a mouse
3rd century CE
Marble statue of a wounded warrior
ca. 138–181 CE
Bronze plaque of Mithras slaying the bull
mid-2nd–early 3rd century CE
Porphyry support for a water basin
2nd century CE
Marble Statue Group of the Three Graces
2nd century CE
Marble head of an athlete
ca. 138–192 CE
Fragments of a marble statue of the Diadoumenos (youth tying a fillet around his head)
Polykleitos
ca. 69–96 CE
Marble portrait bust of the emperor Gaius, known as Caligula
37–41 CE
Sardonyx cameo portrait of the Emperor Augustus
ca. 41–54 CE
Marble portrait of the emperor Augustus
ca. 14–37 CE
Marble statue of an old woman
14–68 CE
Bronze portrait of a man
1st half of 1st century CE
Marble statue of Eirene (the personification of peace)
Kephisodotos
ca. 14–68 CE
Marble head and torso of Athena
1st–2nd century CE
Glass hexagonal amphoriskos
1st half of 1st century CE
Marble statue of a wounded Amazon
1st–2nd century CE
Wall painting: Perseus and Andromeda in landscape, from the imperial villa at Boscotrecase
last decade of the 1st century BCE
Wall painting on black ground: landscape, from the imperial villa at Boscotrecase
last decade of the 1st century BCE
Bronze statuette of a philosopher on a lamp stand
late 1st century BCE
Marble statue of a member of the imperial family
27 BCE–68 CE
Statue of Dionysos leaning on a female figure ("Hope Dionysos")
Pacetti, Vincenzo
27 BCE–68 CE
Bronze statue of an aristocratic boy
27 BCE–14 CE
Porphyry vessel with bearded masks
ca. late 1st century BCE‒early 2nd century CE
Ten marble fragments of the Great Eleusinian Relief
ca. 27 BCE–14 CE
Glass garland bowl
late 1st century BCE
Cubiculum (bedroom) from the Villa of P. Fannius Synistor at Boscoreale
ca. 50–40 BCE
Bronze statuette of a boy in Eastern dress
mid-late 1st century BCE
Wall painting from the west wall of Room L of the Villa of P. Fannius Synistor at Boscoreale
ca. 50–40 BCE
Wall painting from Room H of the Villa of P. Fannius Synistor at Boscoreale
ca. 50–40 BCE
Bronze statuette of an artisan with silver eyes
ca. mid-1st century BCE
Terracotta statuette of a woman
2nd century BCE
Pair of gold armbands
ca. 200 BCE
Marble head of a Ptolemaic queen
ca. 270–250 BCE
Bronze statuette of a rider wearing an elephant skin
3rd century BCE
Terracotta head of a woman
3rd–2nd century BCE
Bronze statuette of a veiled and masked dancer
3rd–2nd century BCE
Bronze statue of Eros sleeping
3rd–2nd century BCE
Gold earrings with disk and boat-shaped pendant
ca. 300 BCE
Sheet-gold decoration for a sword scabbard
ca. 340–320 BCE
Marble akroterion
ca. 350–325 BCE
Marble grave stele with a family group
ca. 360 BCE
Terracotta column-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
Group of Boston 00.348
ca. 360–350 BCE
Terracotta situla (bucket)
Lycurgus Painter
ca. 360–340 BCE
Terracotta oinochoe (jug)
mid-4th century BCE