As I passed from the gallery that houses the Barberini Faun, this was what I encountered next. The austere simplicity in which these masterpieces of Greek art are housed, in this quiet Neoclassical space, is notable.

Above and below, the so-called Munich Diomedes. Roman copy after a Greek original from ca. 440–430 BC, attributed to Kresilas.

There are many beautiful artworks in this gallery; below are the ones that captured me on my visit that day.

Below, the Bust of Athena.