Ancient Busts and Sculptures

Classical busts and heads of notable figures from ancient history, crafted in marble and showcasing intricate detail.

Hera / Juno. Goddess of women and marriage. Bust. Mable. 2nd century BC. Ludovisi collection. Altemps Palace. National Roman Museum. Rome, Italy.

Europe, Italy, Basilicata, Melfi, Museo Archeologico Nazionale del Melfese "Massimo Pallottino"

Lucius Verus (130-169). Roman emperor. Nerva-Antonine dyansty. Bust. 2nd century. From Colony Forum, Tarragona. National Archaeological Museum. Tarragona. Spain.

Votive bust of a woman. Terracotta. 300-200 BC. Sculpted in Cerveteri. Etruscan art. British Museum. London. England. United Kingdom.

Tanit goddess, Punic necropolis of Puig des Molins, originally from Sicily, 400-300 BC, Archaeological Museum of Ibiza and Formentera, Spain.

Carved marble bust titled 'Persuasion' by Enric Casanovas (1882-1948) Spanish sculptor. Dated 1913

Head of a man ca. 3rd-4th century A.D. This fine male portrait head is thought to date from the middle of the first millennium A.D. and may have been part of a larger royal sculpture. The figure is wearing a stylized laurel wreath, a symbol of high rank. The use of the wreath to denote status reflects the influence of the Graeco-Roman world and appears in more realistic form on the coins of the kingdom of Himyar from the first centuries B.C. and A.D. A long mustache drapes along each side of the mouth, the chin is bearded, and a single ringlet is carefully carved on the surface of the left cheek. This last detail is undoubtedly significant since it is, to this day, characteristic of the hairstyle of Yemeni Jews. In the fourth century A.D. many of the kings of Himyar were converted to Judaism, so this feature may eventually aid in the identification of the figure. Carved from translucent alabaster with beautifully polished surfaces, this portrait is a notable example of the art of ancie

Michelangelo's David, Florence Italy.

marble bust on blue marble bust on a background of blue sky Copyright: xZoonar.com/mrivsergx 6121788

Louis, Duc de Bourgogne. Dated: 18th century. Dimensions: overall (w/out base): 74.8 x 75.7 x 43.5 cm (29 7/16 x 29 13/16 x 17 1/8 in.). Medium: marble. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: French 18th Century.

Alexander the Great 19th century Viktor Brodzki. Alexander the Great. Viktor Brodzki (Polish, Podolia 1825-1904 Rome). Polish. 19th century. Head and base: white marble; cuirass and drapery: red Siena marble. Sculpture

Head of Ptolemy IV. Unknown

A Young Warrior 1490s Tullio Lombardo This youth clad in antique-styled armor may represent Saint George or Saint Theodore, Christian warriors who were especially venerated in Venice. He would have led a lance in his right hand and may have guarded a tomb. His energetic pose, twist of his head, and tensely held arms convey the alertness required of a guardian figure. Truthfulness to classical examples was esteemed in Renaissance Venice; this sculptor paid particular attention to rendering the delicately textured scrolling vines that decorate the breastplate, and even carved the laces that hold the metal sleeves together. He left the back unfinished, which indicates it was originally installed in a niche or against a wall.. A Young Warrior. Tullio Lombardo (Italian, ca. 1455-1532) , and workshop. Italian, Venice. 1490s. White marble. Sculpture

Eugenius Prince of Savoy (1663-1736). Borb image on base with column. Men's chest image to the left with a long curly wig. He carries a harness decorated with tendrils, over which the decorations of the order of the golden fleece. Harness partially covered by a sheath draped around the shoulders, which is first assembled to the left and then to the right. On top of the fenced pedestal with inscription in gold-plated letters of gray marble. Associated, cancelled column of marble-color painted wood, covered with a round black stone plinth with inscription.

Kopf der Medusa, vom Bildhauer Antonio Canova, 1799, Bronze und Kupfer Bassano del Grappa, Italy - 22 December 2022. Head of Medusa, by sculptor Antonio Canova, 1799, bronze and copper LicenseRF Copyright: xZoonar.com/PAOLOxGALLOxMODENAx 23395201

Portrait, detail of sculpture of Louis I., King of Bavaria, 1786-1868, founder of Walhalla, Donaustauf, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Fragment from a Funerary Statue; Syria; first half of 2nd century; White, porous limestone; 29 × 10.9 × 30 cm (11 7,16 × 4 5,16 × 11 13,16 in.)

George Washington 1838-44, carved after 1844 Hiram Powers American Powers based this bust of George Washington (1732-1799) on the authoritative portrait the French sculptor Jean-Antoine Houdon had modeled from life during his visit to America in 1785. The dignified image of the first president became the most successful of Powerss portraits, with at least thirty-six life-size replicas carved. In some of them, the shoulders are covered in contemporary attire, while in others, such as this example, they are enveloped in a toga-like garment, a standard Neoclassical device. In the drape and the unincised eyeballs, Powers sought to link the bust with antique portraiture.. George Washington. Hiram Powers (American, Woodstock, Vermont 1805-1873 Florence). American. 1838-44, carved after 1844. Marble

Bust of Emperor Hadrian in the interior of the Lady Lever Gallery in Port Sunlight Model Village Wirral Peninsula Merseyside England UK United Kingdom GB Great Britain British Isles Europe EU

Bust of Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, poet, 1729-1781, Wallhalla, Donaustauf, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Lazio Frosinone Veroli S. Andrea Apostolo, Cathedral46. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 Views of metalwork objects housed in Treasury of S. Andrea Apostolo, including busts, reliquaries, crosses, polittico, boxes. Antiquities: relief sculpture; busts General Notes: Museum, which contains Treasury, is located in the last chapel of the right nave. Thirteen views of (non-metalwork) sculpture from Museum have been assigned numbers at end of Treasury sequence, but there are no negatives corresponding to these prints, nor is there authoritative evidence that these objects are housed in the Cathedral Museum. 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

Detail from the Colossus of Constantine, an acrolithic statue that once occupied the Basilica of Maxentius in Rome. Portions of this colossal statue (A head, arm, knee and hand.) of Emperor Constantine now reside in the Palazzo dei Conservatori. Carved from white marble. Circa 312-315 AD.

Lucius Verus (130-169). Roman Emperor from 161-169. Dynasty Nerva-Antonine. Bust, 161-169. Calvi (Cales, Italy). National Archaeological Museum, Madrid. Spain.

Head of Cybele, from Italica, Spain

Bust of the Prince Barclay de Tolly, Russian General and minister of war

Anonymous / 'Portrait of the comic poet Menander'. First half of the I century. White marble. Museum: Museo del Prado, Madrid, España.

Classical feminine beauty rapresented on this marble old sculpture

Michelangelo´s David, Florence Italy.

Skulptur des Apollo-Kopfes Skulptur des Apollo-Kopfes Copyright: xZoonar.com/Tolox 22682458

Athenas of the Odescalchi type. Marble. Roman copy from the 2nd century AD after the 5th century BC Athenea Parthenos by Phidias. Found in Civitavecchia, Italy. Louvre Museum. Paris. France.

Lazio Roma Frascati Villa Borghese1. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 Exterior views of 17th c. villa, ninfeo and fountain. Interior views of salons, dining room, bedroom, and frescoes, paintings and busts decorating them. Antiquities: Villa houses an Antiquities gallery, which contains sarcophagi, busts, masks, friezes, and a series of statues of Roman kings. 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.

Trajan. Roman emperor. 98-117 AD.

Jean-Pierre Dantan (1800-1869), known as Dantan young. Madame Beavan. Terracotta patinated plaster. 1834. Paris, Carnavalet museum. 53176-1 Woman, pattero patina, portrait-metering, terracotta

Emperor Vespasian (9-79). Flavian dyansty. Bust. c. 80 Ad. National Archaeological Museum. Naples. Italy.

Alexander Galt, Bacchante, nd Bacchante

Unknown mask (Jean-Antoine-Just Geraldi) Jean-Pierre Dantan (1800-1869), says Dantan the young. Mask of unknown (Jean-Antoine-Just Graldi). Terracotta and plaster.

Hera, wife of Zeus in the Olympic pantheon of classical Greek mythology. His mother was Rea and his father Cronos. Greece ancient history. Old engravi

'Portrait of Charles James Fox'. Great Britain, 1791. Dimensions: 56 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg.

Cast sculpture of Apollo from Corinth, known as Kouros of Tenea, detail.

Bust of woman, Museo Nacional de Arte Romano, national museum of Roman art, Merida, Extremadura, Spain 1st century AD

Vespasian (9-79 AD). Roman emperor. Flavian dynasty. Modern bust (17th century ). Gallery of the emperors. National Archaeological Museum. Naples. Italy.

Portrait of Baron Willem Joseph van Ghent. Lieutenant-Admiral Willem van Ghent was fatally wounded by English fire during the Battle of Solebay on 7 June 1672. He was 46 years old. The outcome of the battle against a joint English and French fleet was indecisive. Van Ghent was buried in the Domkerk in Utrecht. This death mask is a study for his tomb, which Rombout Verhulst completed in 1676.

Bach monument bronze bust by Bruno Eyermann in Weimar am Red Castle Platz der Democracy

Fragments of a marble statue of Dionysus, found in the Attic deme of Ikaria. The statue is colossal in scale and must have been a cult statue of the god. The head was recently associated with the body. It is uncertain whether the right hand with the kantharos belongs to the statue. About 520-510 BC.

Bust of Christ crowned with thorns mid-late 17th century Italian, probably Milan The red iron-oxide specks that occur in heliotrope, or bloodstone, a dark green varietal form of jasper that was much favored in Milan, encouraged the artist to evoke droplets of blood.. Bust of Christ crowned with thorns 198335

Attributed to Giovanni Di Turino (1385-1455). "Virgin of Annunciation". Sculpture, 1420-1430. Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris, Petit Palais. Virgin of Annunciation Annunciation, Annunciation, Catholic, Catholic, Chretian, Christian, Christian, Detail, in bust, young woman, Middle Ages, Middle Ages, Biblical character, Portrait, Saint, Statue, Saint, Virgin, Virgin, Young Woman, Medieval

Tiberius (42 Bc-16 AD). Roman emperor. Julio-Claudia Dynasty. Statue. Spain. National Archaeological Museum, Madrid. Spain.

Emperor Claudius bronze head. Roman Britian.

Bust of Empress Julia Domna, Glyptothek, Munich, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Statue of Kore, detail

Jean-Pierre Dantan (1800-1869), said Dantan the young. Mask of the flautist Vincent-Joseph van Steenkiste, dit Dorus (1812-1896). Terracotta and plaster. Paris, Carnavalet museum. Flutist, mask, musician, plaster, terracotta

Head of a Nobleman. India, Jammu and Kashmir, Akhnur, early 6th century. Sculpture. Terracotta

Vespasian (9-79 AD). Roman emperor. Flavian dynasty. Modern bust (17th century ). Gallery of the emperors. National Archaeological Museum. Naples. Italy.

Anne Whitney, Harriet Martineau, 1882, plaster, Davis museum

'Bast of a Moor'. Italy, Late 17th century. Dimensions: height: 82,0 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: Roman Sculptor, late 17th century.

Cherubic Head ca. 5th century Pakistan (ancient region of Gandhara). Cherubic Head 38193

Crowned young girl, by Unknown, 41 - 62, 1st Century, painted stucco. Italy, Campania, Naples, National Archaeological Museum, from Herculaneum. Whole artwork. Female face woman crown garland leaves branches earrings.

Antefix, head of Medusa 4th century BC Greek, South Italian. Antefix, head of Medusa. Greek, South Italian. 4th century BC. Terracotta. Classical. Terracottas

Bust of Adolf Hitler Nazi Germany's Chancellor 1933 - 1945.

Portrait of Caracalla, by Unknown artist, 2nd Century d.C.,, very fine grain Greek marble. Italy: Lazio: Rome: Palazzo Massimo alle Terme: Sala XVIII - inv. 125565. Whole artwork. Front view curly hair beard face. From Rome, Via Cassia missing a curl on the forehead, tip of nose, part of right ear pavilion and a part of left ear. Chippings

Gorgoneion (Medusa Head). Unknown

Sarcófago etrusco de Thanunia Seianti (150-130 a.C.), British Museum, Londres.

Green schist bust of Julius Caesar with marble eyes, Roman civilization, Hellenistic art, 1-50 a.d.

Bust of a man. Artist: Joseph Chinard (French, Lyon 1756-1813 Lyon). Culture: French, Lyon. Dimensions: Overall (confirmed): 17 1/4 × 11 1/2 × 9 1/2 in. (43.8 × 29.2 × 24.1 cm). Date: ca. 1790-95.This bust, initially acquired as a portrait of the radical pamphleteer, Jacques-René Hébert, nicknamed Père Duchesne, is now believed to depict an unidentified young revolutionary. The informality of the tousled hair contrasts with the classically inspired herm cut of the bust. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

BUSTO DE MARCELO. Location: NATIONAL MUSEUM OF ARCHAEOLOGY. NEAPEL. ITALIA.

Colossal bronze head and hand of Constantine I (272-337 AD). 4th century AD. Capitoline Museums. Rome. Italy.

Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Luise Herzogin zu Mecklenburg - Strelitz, Luise Auguste Wilhelmine Amalie Herzogin zu Mecklenburg, Königin Luise, 1776 - 1810, Queen of Prussia as the wife of King Frederick William III, digitally edited after a bust by Johann Gottfried Schadow

RETRATO DE UNA MOMIA DE EL-FAYUM - ARTE ROMANO - PROCEDENTE DE EL-FAYUM (EGIPTO) - (I-III DC). Location: BRITISH MUSEUM. LONDON. ENGLAND.

Cicero. Artist: Thomas Crawford, American, 1814-1857

Woman with Earrings Woman with Earrings, 100-105 C.E. Encaustic on wood, 15 1/4 x 9 1/8 x 1/16 in. (38.8 x 23.2 x 0.2 cm). Traditional Egyptian burials included face masks, coffins, or mummy boards with an idealized image of the deceased. Later, in the Roman Period, much more lifelike portraits represented the individualized features of the embalmed person. These were placed within mummy wrappings directly over the head of the mummy. Portraits such as this are often referred to as Fayum portraits” because a great number of them were discovered in the Fayum oasis in Egypt. However, the exact origin of Woman with Earrings and two similar portraits displayed in this gallery is not known. Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art 100-105 C.E.

Bliżej Kultury

Coptic. Woman of Hawara from mummy case. 2nd cent. AD.

Fragmentary Shroud of Bearded Young Man, 120-150 AD, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Manhattan, New York City, USA, North America

Mosaico del Genio del Año, Museo Arqueológico Nacional.

Close-up of a sculpture on the wall, Kilkenny Castle, Kilkenny, County Kilkenny, Leinster Province, Ireland

Bronze bust of Cato the Younger, 60 A.D., House of Venus, From Volubilis (Morocco)

Head of a king. Silver, mercury gilding. Iran. Sasanian period. Royal portrait. 4th century A.D. Metropolitan Museum of Art. Ny. USA.

Egypt, Cairo, Fayum (Faiyum) mummy portrait, Roman period

Gladiator bust

Elizabeth of Luxembourg, Queen consort of Germany (1409-1442). Statue, 1530. By Polhaimer, Magt. Hofkirche, Innsbruck. Austria. Author: HANS POLHAIMER. Leonhart Magt.

Collage with plaster antique sculpture of human face in a pop art style. Modern creative concept image with ancient statue head. Zine culture. Contemporary art poster. Retro design. Funky minimalism.. Collage with plaster antique sculpture of human face in a pop art style. Modern creative concept image with ancient statue head. Zine culture. Contemporary art poster. Funky minimalism. Retro design.

Collage with plaster antique sculpture of human face in a pop art style. Modern creative concept image with ancient statue head. Zine culture. Contemporary art poster. Retro design. Funky minimalism.. Collage with plaster antique sculpture of human face in a pop art style. Modern creative concept image with ancient statue head. Zine culture. Contemporary art poster. Funky minimalism. Retro design.

Máscara tragedia, Adrià Gual, 1910 - 1928 ca. Institut del Teatre de Barcelona.

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