Ancient Bronze and Stone Reliefs

Bronze plaques and stone reliefs featuring ancient motifs and iconography, illustrating artistic styles from different cultures and periods.

Elephant statue carved in Prasanna Virupaksha under ground Shiva temple, Hampi, Vijayanagar, UNESCO World Heritage, Deccan plateau, Taluka Hospet, District Bellary, Karnataka, India Copyright: xMadhusudanxTawde/DinodiaxPhotox

Athènes - Grèce. Musée National. Plaque en bronze trouvée à Olympie. (Style gréco-oriental du VII siècle a. C.) , Antiquities, Bas-reliefs. Nicholas Catsimpoolas Collection

Gravestone, 16th-17th centuries. Detail. Unknown provenance. Carmo Archaeological Museum. Lisbon, Portugal.

Elephant statue carved in Prasanna Virupaksha under ground Shiva temple, Hampi, Vijayanagar, UNESCO World Heritage, Deccan plateau, Taluka Hospet, District Bellary, Karnataka, India Copyright: xMadhusudanxTawde/DinodiaxPhotox

Gropina, Pieve San Pietro di Gropina, pulpit Relief of a double-tailed siren with snakes

capital, carved stone, 12th century, from the cathedral of San Pedro de Jaca, Diocesan Museum of Jaca, Huesca, Spain.

CAPITEL CON TEMAS CALIFALES - SIGLO XI-XII - ROMANICO ESPAÑOL. Location: MONASTERIO. SANTO DOMINGO DE SILOS. BURGOS. SPAIN.

Hearthstone, from Antwerp Belgium, without frame, with male and female head, hearth fireplace component ceramics brick, baked Hearth stone of the Antwerp type without display of representation of men's and women's heads from the front in two medallions placed in two panes with laurel leaf motif and accompanied by the year 1594 half and quarter diamonds on top and bottom are filled with parts of medallions with star motif. date 1594 heating history

ESTELA FUNERARIA DE ATILIA BUTURRA(HIJA DE VIRIATO)-PROC GASTIAIN (NAVARRA)-ROMAMA - S II AC. Location: MUSEO DE NAVARRA. Pamplona.

CANCEL DE PRESBITERIO MOZARABE DE SAN ADRIAN BANAR S X. Location: ARCHAEOLOGICAL MUSEUM. LEON. SPAIN.

Lintel. Culture: Catalan. Dimensions: Overall: 14 1/2 x 7 3/4 x 9 in. (36.8 x 19.7 x 22.9 cm). Date: ca. 1130-40. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Gateway decoration bas relief of Great Stupa - ancient Buddhist monument. Sanchi, Madhya Pradesh, India

Gravestone of Lisuarte Peres de Andrade, 16th century. Detail. Unknown provenance. Carmo Archaeological Museum. Lisbon, Portugal.

Door lintel with lion-griffins and vase with lotus leaf ca. 2nd-early 3rd century A.D. Parthian The border between the western empire of Rome and the Parthian lands in the east ran between the central and northern Euphrates and Tigris rivers. Hatra in northern Iraq, southwest of modern Mosul, was a major trading city heavily fortified against Roman attack.Once part of a decorated doorway in the Great Iwans, the main temple building at the heart of the Great Temple enclosure at Hatra, this lintel stone was originally positioned so that the carved surface faced the floor. The two fantastic creatures have feline bodies, long ears, wings, and crest feathersa combination of animal and bird elements typical of Near Eastern lion-griffins. Between the two figures is a vase containing a stylized lotus leaf and two tendrils. The naturalistic modeling of the creatures' bodies and the form of the central vase reflect Roman influence. However, the absolute symmetry of the composition, the pronounc

Hearthstone, from Antwerp Belgium, without frame, with winged deer in glass, hearth fireplace component ceramics brick glaze, fired Hearth of the Antwerp type without frame showing two winged deer placed in two panes with laurel leaf motif and accompanied by the year 1620 half the windows at the top and bottom are filled with lily pattern. date 1620 heating the building history

Plaque 6th-7th century. Plaque. 6th-7th century. Bone; carved. Attributed to Egypt. Ivories and Bone

Hearthstone, Luiks, from Luik, Liege Belgium, with wide frame, with coat of arms, fireplace hearth part ceramics brick, baked Liège-style fireplace with wide frame depicting coat of arms with the arms of Ernst van Beieren prince-bishop of Liège (1581-1612 ) with crown and sword and on both sides climbing lion building history warming heraldry prince-bishop Ernst of Bavaria

Relief detail of a tomb in Aphrodisias, Aydin, Turkey, Asia

Hearthstone, from Antwerp Belgium, without frame, with winged deer in glass, hearth fireplace part ceramics brick glaze, baked Hearth stone of the Antwerp type without frame showing two winged deer placed in two panes with laurel leaf motif and accompanied by the year 1605 half the windows at the top and bottom are filled with lily pattern. date 1605 heating history from bakery in Hekendorp.

Funerary stone with relief of Lilies, Christian symbolism. 1150-1250. From Church of Lugnas, Vastergotland province. Sweden. Swedish History Museum. Stockholm. Sweden.

Funerary stele made of porous stone, with relief chariot scene. The spirals in the upper panel may represent waves, thus indicating the coastal location of the scene in the lower panel. The standing charioteer pulls at the reins, while a second figure, who holds a weapon (possibly a sword) in his left hand, is depicted in front of the chariot. Mycenae, Grave Circle A, Grave V, 16th cent. BC.

Hearthstone, from Antwerp Belgium, without frame, with two knights on horseback, hearth stone fireplace soil foundry brick 10.5, burned Hearth of the Antwerp type without display of two knights on horseback placed in two panes with laurel leaf motif and accompanied by the year 1603 half and quarter diamonds at the top and bottom are filled with lily pattern. 1603 archeology Rotterdam Lombard bridge building history heating knight Soil discovery found during the renovation of house on the Lombardse brug District 8 no. 162 in the year 1867.

Warriors, bas-relief, Mayan ruins of Palenque, Chiapas, Mexico, Central America

Horn, Externsteine, Relief

Fragment. Dimensions: L 36.5 x W 35.5 x H 4. Date: probably 8th-12th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Two marble slabs from the ornamental band (epicranitis) running round the top of the outside walls of the Erechtheum About 415 BC

Cylinder seal ca. 15th-12th century B.C. Cypriot. Cylinder seal 321426

Bas-relief by Americo Soares Braga on Batalha Cinema, Art Deco building, Batalha Centro de Cinema, Porto, Portugal, Europe

Roman pillar of rectangular base with capital with leaves of acanthus and flowers. Side A, buds with flowers and berries. Side B, overlapping flowers. 1st century AD. From the Vesubian area. National Archaeological Museum. Naples. Italy.

Carving of Hanuman

estela arenisca, siglo VII, Santa Maria de Arrigorriaga, Arkeologi Museoa, museo aqueologico, Bilbao, Bizkaia, Pais Vasco, Spain.

Relief marble sculpture, Delphi Museum, Delphi, Greece

Sixth Dynasty, sacrificial chamber and wall from the tomb of Manufer, circa 2,335 BC. Facing the entrance gate, a false door, approximately two metres high, stands at the top of a flight of three steps; it is part of the sacrificial chamber of Manufer, chief wig-maker to the king.

Hearthstone, from Antwerp Belgium, without frame, with male and female head, hearth fireplace part ceramics brick, fried Hearth stone of the Antwerp type without display of representation of men's and women's heads from the front in two medallions placed in two panes with laurel leaf motif and accompanied by the year 159 the half and quarter panes at the top and bottom are filled with parts of medallions with star motif. year 159 heat building history

Sandstone stela, 7th century, Santa Maria de Arrigorriaga, Arkeologi Museoa, museo aqueologico, Bilbao, Bizkaia, Pais Vasco, Spain.

relief of the coat of arms of Hecho in the facade of the church of San Martín relief of the coat of arms of Hecho in the facade of the church of San Martín, 19th century, valley of Hecho, Aragonese Pyrenees,Huesca,Spain Copyright: xZoonar.com/BartomeuxBalaguerxRotgerx 23005242

Verschnörkelte Grabtür auf dem Friedhof Pere Lachaise in Paris Ornate tomb door in the Pere Lachaise cemetery in Paris Copyright: xZoonar.com/ZvonimirxAtletix 21295486

Panel 8th-9th century. Panel 453473

Hearthstone, from Antwerp Belgium, without frame, with lions and year, hearth fireplace part ceramics brick glaze, baked Hearth of the Antwerp type without display of two climbing lions placed in two panes with laurel leaf motif and accompanied by the year 1613 above the lions placed the half and quarter panes at the top and bottom are filled with star motif. date 1613 heating history

Grave monument. Dedicated to a Phoenician who lived in Athens. Bilingual Greek/Phoenician inscription. Athens, Greece. 400-300 BC. Marble. British Museum.

CAPITEL DE LA MADRAZA DE CEUTA. Location: MUSEO DE CADIZ-ARQUEOLOGIA. Cadiz. SPAIN.

Pelikan-Relief in Lügde Pelikan-Relief in Lügde Copyright: xZoonar.com/MartinaxBergx 7387162

Niobid sarcophagus , Antiquities, Bas-reliefs, Sarcophagi, Gods, Goddesses, Apollo Deity, Artemis Greek deity, Niobe Greek mythological character. Nicholas Catsimpoolas Collection

Basilicata Matera Matera Duomo48. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 Medieval: Architecture, architectural sculpture (1268-70). Post-medieval: Architectural sculpture; interior remodelled in 1627 and in 1776 includes sculpture, painting, frescoes, choir stall German-born photographer and scholar Max Hutzel (1911-1988) photographed in Italy from the early 1960s until his death. The result of this project, referred to by Hutzel as Foto Arte Minore, is thorough documentation of art historical development in Italy up to the 18th century, including objects of the Etruscans and the Romans, as well as early Medieval, Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque monuments. Images are organized by geographic region in Italy, then by province, city, site complex and monument.

Panels from a Funerary Couch (Guanchuang). China. Date: 520 AD-530 AD. Dimensions: 46.5 × 92.5 × 3.5 cm (18 5/16 × 36 7/16 × 1 3/8 in.). Limestone. Origin: China. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Turkey, west coast, Didyma, a sacred site of the ancient world. Its Temple of Apollo, oracle, attracted crowds of pilgrims. Marble Gryphon carvings, Temple of Apollo.

FRAGMENTO-ARCO CON DECORAC VEGETAL-S XI-PROC ALCAZABA DE BALAGUER(LERIDA. Location: MUSEO COMARCAL DE LA NOGUERA. Balaguer. Lerida. SPAIN.

South portal, detail of capital zone, St., Sankt, Saint

Greek Art. Archaic Age. 6th century BCE. Bronze tripod foot with six reliefs depicting: 1-Woman holding a horse by the reins, 2 - Lion and Scorpion, 3 - Odysseus escapes the Cyclops hidden under a ram, 4 - Goat and Bird, 5 - Two faced fighting birds, 6 - Pegasus Gorgon with her son. Archaeological Museum of Olympia. Greece.

Panel late 15th century French. Panel 470261

ARTE PALEOCRISTIANO. TUNEZ. "EL BUEN PASTOR". Relieve. S. IV. Museo Nacional del Bardo. Túnez.

Fountain at the Forum, Pompeii, ancient city in Campania on the Gulf of Naples, buried during the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD, Italy, Europe

Frieze Roman Forum Rome Italy

Cambodia Angkor Preah Ko Plate 66. Swaan, Wim. 1966 or earlier Photographic production materials for Lost Cities of Asia: Ceylon, Pagan, Angkor Photographs of architecture were selected and digitized from these materials. Portraits, ethnographic images, and images of museum objects were excluded. Digital images are arranged geographically, first by country, then by city, then by site complex or monument, with all names in alphabetical order. Location names are derived from the Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names (TGN)®, Library of Congress subject headings, and scholarly publications. Published images are followed by unpublished images. Versos of prints and slide mounts were not digitized. The information in any handwritten identifications found on these surfaces was incorporated into the metadata for individual images. All digital images are cropped to the edge of the frame and are not color-corrected. Photographic production materials for Lost Cities of Asia: Ceylon, Pagan, Angkor is

Sarcophagus lid with recumbent sculpture of a kinght in prayer attitude. Second half of the 15th century. From the Church of San Xiao de Almeiras (Culleredo, La Corua province, Galicia, Spain). Archaeological and History Museum (San Anton Castle). A Corua, Galicia, Spain.

Basement with female head, basement ornament building component sandstone stone, sculpted Rectangular basement with woman's head in the middle.

Fragment sarcophagus. Cover. Marble. Marine motifs. Marine bull. Catalonia possibly comes from. 2nd century AD. Episcopal Museum. Vic. Catalonia. Spain.

Roman cinerary stele, church of Sant Pere ad Vincula, Bausen, Aran valley, Pyrenees mountain range, Spain, Europe.

Sarcophagus dedicated by four freedmen and their wives to their deceased patron Ulpia Domnina. Marble. 2nd-3rd C. AD. Rome. Via Lidia. National Roman Museum. Baths of Diocletian. Rome. Italy.

Santa Maria Maggiore cathedral, Barletta, Puglia, Italy. Relief detail

Portion of a carved style of oak from the Z.G. House of Alva, Warmoestraat in Amsterdam. Portion of sculpted oak style (belonging to BK-KOG-754-6), from the Z.G. House of Alva, Warmoestraat in Amsterdam. In total it concerns six painted styles (see BK-KOG-754-1 to 6). See also BK-KOG-755-A to H, these are two capitals and six styles of untreated oak that come from the same house.

Stove plate with Christ and the Samaritan woman, Anonymous, 1575 - 1669 Stove plate made of cast iron, divided into two zones. A well in the upper zone. To the right of Christ is seated with three standing figures behind him. To the left of the well is the Samaritan woman with a jug next to her on the floor. In the background a few more figures and the gate of a city. In the lower zone the inscription Anno DNI 1669. A border with inscription between the two zones. Low Countries iron (metal) casting Stove plate made of cast iron, divided into two zones. A well in the upper zone. To the right of Christ is seated with three standing figures behind him. To the left of the well is the Samaritan woman with a jug next to her on the floor. In the background a few more figures and the gate of a city. In the lower zone the inscription Anno DNI 1669. A border with inscription between the two zones. Low Countries iron (metal) casting

Capital from a Roman 1st Century AD column; Barcelona; Spain

Corner Block from a Frieze with a Meander Pattern of Lines and Rosettes 6th century The monastic community of Bawit, founded in the 300s by Apa (Father) Apollo at a small village, grew to consist of numerous complexes with residences, chapels, and service structures and two large churches profusely decorated with sculptures and paintings, often reused from other sites, all affiliated with the Coptic church. The more important buildings were decorated with courses of sculpted stone freely combining floral and geometric motifs inspired by classical art - rosettes, acanthus leaves, meander patterns - with more recent Christian themes. These sculptural elements, demonstrating the Byzantine love of complex patterning with lush textures, were originally painted in rich, vibrant colors like those surviving in textiles. The meander pattern, based on the Greek key motif, is used to mask the weight of the stone.. Corner Block from a Frieze with a Meander Pattern of Lines and Rosettes 454042

CAPITEL ROMANICO PROCEDENTE DEL ANTIGUO CLAUSTRO DE LA CATEDRAL DE JACA - SIGLO XII. Author: MAESTRO ESTEBAN (S. XII). Location: IGLESIA DE SANTIAGO. Jaca. HUESCA. SPAIN.

relief from the Platform of eagles and jaguars relief showing a Jaguar with a human heart in its' paw. Platform of the Eagles and the Jaguars at Chichen Itza, Mexico, is an elaborately carved platform is located on the central plain between the Temple of Venus and the Platform of Skulls. The pedestals that top the platform are crowned with serpent many heads, over which it is believed that there had been standard bearers in the form of jaguars. Chichen Itza archaeological site in the Mexican sta

Basalt figure of the Wind God Ehecatl Aztec, AD 1300-1521

Ancient carvings seen on hexagons on a column during the day.

Bronze dragon in relief, close-up

Frieze with Foliage and Grapes, 300s - 400s. Egypt, 4th - 5th centuries, Coptic period. Limestone; overall: 35.3 x 111.2 cm (13 7/8 x 43 3/4 in.).

View of intricately carved stone capital, adorned with floral motifs, stands as a testament to ancient craftsmanship, Bominaco, Abruzzo, Italy.

Museum Saragossa, archaeology and fine arts, city coat of arms, Zaragoza, Saragossa, Expo 2008 city, Province of Aragon, Spain, Europe

Turkey, Ephesus. Classical Greek marble carvings.

ARTE ROMANICO. ESPAÑA. IGLESIA DEL MONASTERIO DE SAN PEDRO DE VILLANUEVA (siglos XVII y XVIII). Construida en estilo románico en elsiglo XIII. Detalle de los CAPITELES DE LA PORTADA. CANGAS DE ONIS. Asturias.

Romanesque fount. Unknown maker, French School

Console with dog's head (with horns) and leaf motifs, console building element sandstone stone, sculpted Console with at the front dog head with short horns (demon satyr) Underneath and on the side leaf motifs.

Hearthstone, Luiks, from Luik, Liege Belgium, with wide frame, with male and female head, hearth fireplace part ceramic brick, fired fireplace of the Liege type with wide frame showing male and female head separated from the side by flowering plant building history heating

Stucco friezes at Balamku Archaeological Site, Campeche State, Mexico

Hearthstone, Luiks, from Luik, Liege Belgium, with wide frame, with two coats of arms, fireplace stone part ceramics brick, fired fireplace of the Liege type with wide list showing the coats of arms both with four quarters of Otto van Bylandt lord of Rheydt and Maria van den Bongard accompanied by the year 1611. year 1611 building history heating heraldry Otto van Bylandt Rheydt Maria van den Bongard

Roman frieze, 2nd century, from Roman villa of Can Llauder. Museum: MUSEO DE MATARÓ.

Celtic relief pillar from St Goar. GERMANY.

Tejas policromadas, Sa Vilanova, Esporles, Mallorca, balearic islands, Spain, Europe

Reconstruction of the temple pediment of the Sulis Minerva. This was the front of the temple and was originally supported by four huge columns. Roman.

Codex Lebuinus. Northern France, 825-850. Detail of binding, Cologne, 11th-12th centuries. Decorated in silver, ivory and precious stones. The central figure depicts Bacchus. Catharijneconvent Museum. Utrecht. Netherlands.

Hearthstone, Luiks, from Luik, Liege Belgium, with wide frame, with woman's head, fireplace stone fireplace component ceramics brick, baked fireplace of the Liege type with wide frame with representation of woman's head placed sideways in round medallion building history heating

Spain, Madrid, Archeological Museum, plaster frieze

Todi, Umbria, Italy. Coat-of-Arms of Pope Julius III by Giovanni Maria. From Palazzo dei Priori. Travertine. 1550-1553. In the Etruscan-Roman Museum. (For editorial use only)

The Valpjofsstadur door is a medieval carved church door in Iceland. 1200 AD Romanesque style. It depicts a version of the Lion-Knight legend in which a knight slays a dragon, freeing a lion that becomes his loyal companion

France, Champagne, Reims, Tau Palace, Sculpture on Vaulting Arch

Medieval tombstone at the Sint-Baafsabdij, St Bavo

Campania Caserta Capua Museo Campano, Italy, 20th century, photo, photography, Europe

Antefix with a masked dancer. 4th c. BC. Etruscan art. Relief. ITALY. LAZIO. Rome. Capitoline Museums.

Beelcebu corbel, 13th century Romanesque, monster preying on a man, parish of San Miguel, Vitoria-Gasteiz Museum of Sacred Art, María Inmaculada Cathedral, Álava, Spain.

Unknown photographer, fragments of the ceiling of the peristyl in Baalbek (without dat.): Detail. Photo, 13 x 17.9 cm (including scan edges) unbek. Fotograf : Fragmente der Decke des Peristyls in Baalbek (ohne Dat.)

GUATEMALA, TIKAL, MUSEUM, STELAE 445 A.D. FROM RULER K'AWIL CHAAN (STORMY SKY), DETAIL

Figure of St. Wenceslas created 1380/90, figure often interpreted as Emperor Charles IV, St. Mary's Church, Sulzbach-Rosenberg, Upper Palatinate, Bava...

medieval Relief Depicting the Siege of Carcassonne medieval Relief Depicting the Siege of Carcassonne by Simon de Montfort in 1209, France Copyright: xZoonar.com/x 5014944

Roman art. Decorative slab. Sacrifical bull's skulls, vase and garlands. Early 1st century A.D. Relief. Marble. The state Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg. Russia.

Lazio Viterbo Viterbo Sanctuary of S. Maria della Quercia9. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 Extensive coverage of Renaissance sanctuary's exterior, with emphasis on the church portals. Several views of bell tower. Interior views of nave and altar, aisles, ceiling and cupola, tabernacle containing the miraculous tile, paintings, sacristy, choir, holy water font. Views of main cloister and cistern. General Notes: Two sets of prints fused into single numerical sequence. German-born photographer and scholar Max Hutzel (1911-1988) photographed in Italy from the early 1960s until his death. The result of this project, referred to by Hutzel as Foto Arte Minore, is thorough documentation of art historical development in Italy up to the 18th century, including objects of the Etruscans and the Romans, as well as early Medieval, Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque monuments. Images are organized by geographic region in Italy, then by province, city, site complex and monument.

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