Ancient Reliefs and Stone Sculptures

A series of ancient stone reliefs depicting historical scenes and figures, showcasing craftsmanship from different cultures and periods, rich in detail.

Syria, Palmyra, Ancient Roman City, Temple Of Bel, Detail

Scene from the Legend of the True Cross second half 14th century Northern French or Netherlandish Enthusiasm for embarking on Crusade waned during the fourteenth century, notwithstanding the the tight links drawn between belief in the True Cross and in the Crucifixion of Jesus, here witnessed not only by his mother Mary and Saint John (much effaced), but by a knight and his lady.. Scene from the Legend of the True Cross. Northern French or Netherlandish. second half 14th century. Stone. Sculpture

Roman relief depicting Dionysus visiting a drama poet with Silenus, satyrs and a maenad. 1st century BC. Marble. The State Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg. Russia.

Relief fragment depicting the sacrifice of oxen during inauguration of the Santa Maria Capua Vetere amphitheatre, Italy, 175-225 AD, Europe

LAUDA DE ALFONSO ANSUREZ DETALLE DE ANGEL DE 1094 MONASTERIO DE SAN BENITO. ROMANICO ESCULTURA. (DEPOSITO: MUSEO ARQUEOLOGICO NACIONAL).

Coat of arms of the city of Evora, 16th century, marble, originally located in Casa do Ver o Peso, Museum of Evora, Evora, Alentejo, Portugal, Europe.

Relief from the Nereid Monument is a sculptured tomb from Xanthus in classical period Lycia, Turkey. It took the form of a Greek temple on top of a base decorated with sculpted friezes, and is thought to have been built in the early fourth century BC as a tomb for Arbinas, the Xanthian dynast who ruled western Lycia

Syria, Palmyra, Ancient Roman City, Temple Of Bel, Detail

Greek stele from a grave depicting a nobleman with his horse, wife and child. 5th century BC; Athenian

The Bassae Frieze comprises a series of relief marble sculptures from the Temple of Apollo Epikourios at Bassae, Greece. It was discovered in 1811 by Carl Haller and Charles Cockerell. From the style of the frieze it belongs to the High Classical period, probably carved around 400 BC.

Roman sarcophagus. About 140 AD. Marriage of Dionysus and Adriadne. Detail. Lateral wall. Courtship: maenad, satyr and panther. Glyptothek. Munich. Germany.

Lazio Roma Subiaco Monastery of S. Scolastica Archaeological Museum3. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 Antiquities: Views of antiquities in museum, including sarcophagi, plates, vases, coins. General Notes: Hutzel guide says we have negatives, but we cannot find them. 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.

Fragment of a roman sarcophagus tub. 2nd century AD. Marble. From Crete (Greece). Archaeological Museum. Istanbul. Turkey.

Upper frieze shows a portrayal of a city's foundation. Rome. Via Salaria. Antonine period. Rome. National Roman Museum. Baths of Diocletian. Rome. Italy.

Athenian grave marker. Grave Stele. Athens c. 300 BC. Marble. Commemorate a groom or jockey.

Capital of the cloister of Santa Maria de l'Estany, XII century, San Cugat del Vallés, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.

Roman sarcophagus, Orestes and Iphigenia in Tauris, Glyptothek, Koenigsplatz, Munich, Upper Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Etruscan art. Cinerary urn. Terracotta. 2nd century BC. From Chiusi, Italy. Relief of Battle around an injure. Louvre Museum. Paris. France.

Alabaster funerary urn with relief of the fight between the Gauls and the Romans

Section of the Parthenon frieze is the low relief, Pentelic marble sculpture created to adorn the upper part of the Parthenons naos. It was sculpted between ca. 443 and 438 BC, under the direction of Phidias. Acropolis Museum, Athens, Greece.

Lovers of Bordeaux', c2nd-3rd century. A Gallo-Roman couple caress each other on a big Roman-type bed, under the relative protection of a dog sleeping at their feet. The artist is unknown.

ESCULTURAS PERTENECIENTES AL FRISO DE OSUNA: GUERRERO TOCANDO UNA TROMPA. IBERICO.(DEPOSITO: MUSEO ARQUEOLOGICO NACIONAL).

Sarcophagus with Dionysiac ceremonial procession on the front and on the sides. 160-180 AD. Rome. National Roman Museum. Baths of Diocletian. Rome. Italy.

Sculpted marble column drum. Circa 325-300 BC. Found in Ephesus at the temple of Artemis. This view shows a youthful winged Thanatos (death), a draped woman (possibly Alcestis or Eurydice).

Romano-German Period. Relief showing Tax Collector, counting money.

Vitoria, relief on death, María Inmaculada Cathedral, Álava, Spain.

Ancient Greece. Crowning of the funerary stele of Proxenides, from the deme of Steiria (Attica, Greece), his wife Aristodike, and Menippe. Two professional female mourners frame the siren playing the kythara. Below, a male and a female head. From Piraeus, 350-330 BC. Archaeological Museum of Piraeus. Greece.

Relief. Orestes kills Aegisthus and Clytimnestra. Etruscan. Early 5th cent. BC.

Etruscan civilization, tufa urn with scenes of Gauls plundering temples

Etruscan civilization, Alabaster urn portraying husband and wife who make journey into underworld together

Athena and Hephaestus; Fig. 402 Maidens and Stewards, Marble. 447 438 BCE Fragment of the Panathenaic Procession from the east frieze of the Parthenon, . The Parthenon frieze is the high-relief pentelic marble sculpture created to adorn the upper part of the Parthenons naos. It was sculpted between c. 443 and 438 BC,

Frieze from the Harpy Tomb, from the city of Xanthos, capital of ancient Lycia. Dated 470 BC.

Scene from the life of a holy bishop. Relief. Detail. 14th-15th centuries. Sandy stone, Girona (). Spain. Mares Museum. Barcelona. Spain.

Very old carving on the temple, India

Tympanum of the monastery church, detail with demon, Conques, France, Europe

Relief with the representation of gladiators, Colosseum, Rome, Italy, Europe

Bas-reliefs in the pulpitum of the theatre, Sabratha (Unesco World Heritage List, 1982), Libya, Roman civilization, 2nd-3rd century.

Norman Knight with sword and shield, capital with human figures in the Romanesque cloister, Cathedral of Monreale, Monreale, Province of Palermo, Sicily, Italy, Europe

Relief at the Roland Fountain, Market Place, Hildesheim, Lower Saxony, Germany, Europe

SARCOFAGO - ULISES AMENAZANDO A LA MAGA CIRCE QUE CONVIERTIO EN CERDOS A LOS GUERREROS DE ULISES - SIGLO VI AC. Location: MUSEO CIVICO. Orvieto. ITALIA.

Bassrelief des Maestro Nicolo 12. Jahrhundert, Gruppe rechts von der Tür der Basilika San Zeno in Verona, Italien Bass-relief of Maestro Nicolo 12th century, group to the right of the door of the Basilica of St Zeno in Verona, Italy Copyright: xZoonar.com/ZvonimirxAtletix 21441607

Roman Art. Sarcophagus of Aurelia Kyrilla. Marble. C. 300 A.C. From Rome. Carlsberg Glyptotek Museum. Copenhagen. Denmark.

Sculptural frieze of the cloister of the cathedral of Girona, 12th century, Girona, Catalonia, Spain.

Limestone panel from a frieze depicting the legendary Iranian hero Kaykhusrau, from Iran. Dated 18th Century

Marble sarcophagus with relief depicting legend of Triptolemus, detail

Etruscan art. Urn of unknown origin, depicting the struggle between Eteocles and Polynices, sons of Oedipus, for the throne of Thebes. 4th-3th centuries B.C. Detail. Archaeology Museum of Barcelona. Catalonia. Spain.

Sarcophagus. Myth of Medea: Princess Creusa, Creusa death, Medea meditating on the killing getting on to the chariot sent by Helios. 150-170 AD. Rome. National Roman Museum (Baths of Diocletian). Rome. Italy.

Box of the Warriors, archaeological piece from the Iberian period, 1st century BC. C., Piquía necropolis, Arjona, Iberian Museum of Jaén, Andalusia, Spain.

Altar. Relief. Myth of Cleobi and Bitone. Marble. Imperial Age. Rome. National Roman Museum. Baths of Diocletian. Rome. Italy.

Monumental altar. 42-43 AD. Marble. Imperial Family, Julio-Claudian. Relief of Drusus of Elder. National Museum of Ravenna. Italy.

Ivory plate carving of winged griffin, from Nimrud

Horsemen of the Parthenon frieze. Memorial to Battle of Marathon. 5th cent. BC.

Marble relief with Hermes. Culture: Roman. Dimensions: Overall: 26 3/4 x 23 1/2in. (67.9 x 59.7cm). Date: 27 B.C.-A.D. 68.The messenger god Hermes is represented in the so-called archaistic style, a retrospective manner that incorporated characteristics of Archaic Greek art of the sixth century B.C. into newly created figures and compositions. This is the most important archaistic relief in the collection. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Byzantine art: Turkey - Istanbul - 4th century. Relief representing the Imperial Guard; detail with the Obelisk of Theodosius I

Lazio Roma Rome S. Paolo86. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 Medieval: Architecture, architectural sculpture fragments, tomb sculpture fragments, sculptural fragments, inscribed tomb markers, sculpture, fresco painting, mosaics Specific Location: Basilica Antiquities: Architectural sculpture fragments, tomb sculpture fragments, sculpture fragments General Notes: the "tomb markers" need to be sorted and catalogued 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.

Frieze from the Harpy Tomb, from the city of Xanthos, capital of ancient Lycia. Dated 470 BC.

Roman soldiers taking part in Decursio - ritual circling of funeral pyre. Detail of relief from the Antonine Column, Rome erected c180-196 by Commodus

Roman relief, Museo del Teatro Romano, Museum of the Roman Theatre, Cartagena, Region of Murcia, Spain, Europe

Detail from a Buddhist, votive stele dated 550-577 AD. Chinese, Northern Qi dynasty (550-577 AD) in marble. Hebei (province)

Relief at Roman Theatre, Sabratha Roman site, Tripolitania, Libya.

Berenguer de Montagut / Detail of the capital of the facade of Santa María del Mar (representing Bastaixos), 14th century, Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.

PILA DEL REY BADIS CONOCIDA TAMBIEN COMO PILA DE ALMANZOR - SIGLO X - MARMOL - 60x146 cm. Location: ALHAMBRA-MUSEO-ESCULTURA. GRANADA. SPAIN.

Romanesque capital with scene from the life of Job, 12th century, workshop of the master of the cloister of Pamplona cathedral, Museum of Navarra, Pamplona, Navarra,Spain.

Sweden, Island of Gotland. Graphic representation on a church stone carved frieze of the invasion of the island by armour clad medieval knights

Delphes - Grèce. Musée. Fronton du Trésor de Cnide - dispute du trépied delphique , Greek temples, Antiquities, Sculpture, Pediments, Cnidian Lesche Delphi. Nicholas Catsimpoolas Collection

Carved tombs of the Kom El Shoqafa catacombs of Alexandria, Egypt.

There is a pause in the procession. A horseman wearing a cape and a wide-brimmed hat on his back stands in front of a stationary horse. He is accompanied by a marshal and a groom holding the horses reins, which were once shown in colour., by the sculptor Phidias. Circa 438 BC

Ancient Art. Mediterranean Area. Roof construction. Ornamental tile depicting a horseman and a griffin. Terracotta. Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek. Copenhagen. Denmark.

ADAN Y EVA. PERSONAJES BIBLICOS SARCOFAGO DE LAYOS , ( DETALLE ). MUSEO MARES. BARCELONA.

The Kiss of Judas, medieval relief on the facade of Basilica of San Zeno in Verona, Italy The Kiss of Judas, medieval relief on the facade of Basilica of San Zeno in Verona, Italy Copyright: xZoonar.com/ZvonimirxAtletix 21133585

Marble sarcophagus fragment of "The Judgement of Paris" ca. 3rd century A.D. Roman Narrative scenes from Greek mythology were popular commissions for Roman sarcophagi and they reflect the upper-class Roman tastes for Greek cultural and literature.. Marble sarcophagus fragment of "The Judgement of Paris" 329990

Marble votive relief dedicated to the goddess Artemis, goddess of the hunt. Dated 375 BC

Rome, Italy, August 19, 2008: Ara Pacis. rome

Relief from the Nereid Monument is a sculptured tomb from Xanthus in classical period Lycia, Turkey. It took the form of a Greek temple on top of a base decorated with sculpted friezes, and is thought to have been built in the early fourth century BC as a tomb for Arbinas, the Xanthian dynast who ruled western Lycia

Chariots and Hoplites-Classical Greek relief sculpture. GREECE.

Roman sarcophagus with reliefs depicting the myth of Selene and Endymion, Monumental Cemetery of Pisa (UNESCO World Heritage Site, 1987), Tuscany, Italy, Roman civilization, 2nd century.

Furniture plaque carved in relief with a stag grazing among plants. Culture: Assyrian. Dimensions: 2.25 x 4 in. (5.72 x 10.16 cm). Date: ca. 9th-8th century B.C..During the early first millennium B.C., ivory carving was one of the major luxury arts that flourished throughout the ancient Near East. Elephant tusks were carved into small decorative objects such as cosmetic boxes and plaques used to adorn wooden furniture. Gold foil, paint, and semiprecious stone and glass inlay embellishments enlivened these magnificent works of art. Based on certain stylistic, formal, and technical characteristics also visible in other media, scholars have distinguished several coherent style groups of ivory carving that belong to different regional traditions including Assyrian, Phoenician, North Syrian and South Syrian (the latter also known as Intermediate).Several ivories in the Metropolitan Museum's collection are from the Aramaean town of Arslan Tash, ancient Hadatu, in northern Syria just east o

Sarcophagus of Junius Bassus. Marble Early Christian sarcophagus. 4th C. Scenes with de Old and New Testament. Copy. Plaster cast. Vaticans Museum. City of the Vatican.

Roman sarcophagus for a young boy. Its reliefs depict the god Eros carrying the dead boy to the alterlife. 3rd century AD. Marble. National Archaeological Museum. Madrid. Spain.

Italy, Tuscany, Siena Cathedral, pulpit, marble panel with the Universal Judgement and the damned by Nicola Pisano, 1265-1269, detail

UK, England, London, British Museum, Greeks fight Amazons, Frieze from Temple of Apollo, Bassai, Greece, 400-429 BC

Budapest, Hungary

Block ca. 1130-40 Catalan. Block. Catalan. ca. 1130-40. Marble. Made in present-day France. Sculpture-Architectural

Grave Naiskos of an Enthroned Woman with an Attendant. Unknown

Sarcophagus with the myth of Prometheus, by Unknown artist, 4th Century, white marble, high relief. Italy: Campania: Naples: National Archaeological Museum. Detail. Sarcophagus men women creation deity/divinity the underworld Hades Hecate dog Cerberus

APOLLODORUS OF DAMASCUS (60-129). Column of Trajan. 110. ITALY. Rome. Forum of Trajan. First Dacian War. Third Campaign. 'Funditores' Balearic slingers. Auxiliaries troops of roman army. Roman art. Early Empire. Relief on rock.

Relief depicting The Roman Emperor Justinian next to Philosophy. US Supreme Court, Washington DC. USA

Iran, Persepolis. A bas-relief on the Apadana Staircase at Persepolis which was the ceremonial capital of the Achaemenid Empire dating back to 515 BC.

Romanesque capital Romanesque capital

Citizens and soldiers at the sacrifice to the god Mars. 100 BC. Republican period. Domitius Ahenorbarbus relief. ITALy.

Facing brick with man, with his left and right a weapon, and below that the text the Breda Messelar ..., anonymous, c. 1400 - c. 1950 Netherlands (possibly) .

Relief portraying scene from comedy 'Andria' by Terence (Publius Terentius Afer)

Detail from the Nereid Monument, a sculptured tomb from Xanthos in classical period Lycia. Dated 4th Century BC

Musicians and dancers, Cham art dating from the early 11th century, Danang Museum, Vietnam, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Panel from a Sarcophagus Depicting the Abduction of Persephone 190 CE-200 CE . This panelóonce the long side of a sarcophagus, or coffinññdepicts the abduction of the maiden Persephone by Hades, the Greek god of the underworld. On the left, Demeter, the Greek goddess of the harvest, drives a chariot in search of her daughter. Kneeling in front is Persephone, who looks upward in the moment before her abduction. On the right, Hades flees with the girl thrown over his shoulder.While searching for her daughter, Demeter stopped cultivating the land, and a great famine ensued. The supreme god Zeus intervened, commanding Hades to release Persephone so that Demeter might restore fertility to the earth. Before doing so, Hades tricked Persephone into eating pomegranate seeds, which required that she return to the underworld for part of every year.The theme of death and regeneration is central to this myth. In the Greek and Roman worlds, it explained the changing seasons and the agricultural cycl

Gravestone of Caius Julius Clemens with son Caius Julius Sabinus, stone relief, Roman fort Saalburg, reconstructed cohort fort, museum, archaeological park, Upper Germanic Raetian Limes, border Roman Empire, Bad Homburg vor der Hoehe, Taunus, Hesse, Germany, Europe

Roman Art. Syria. Palmyra. Decorative detail in the monumental arch. 3rd century. Oasis of Tadmor.

Base with portrayal of the Asian Provinces. 1st century Ad. Marble, from Pozzuoli, Italy. National Archaeological Museum, Naples. Italy.

Trajans Column is a Roman column commemorating the Roman Emperor Trajans victory in the Dacian Wars. Located in Trajans Forum, north of the Roman Forum. The spiral Bas Relief artistically describes the epic battles between the Romans and Dacians. Completed in 113 AD. Rome. Italy 2013

Detail from the a frieze in the Nereid Monument. Lykian tomb, found in Xanthus, Turkey. Built around 390-380 BC

Romanesque capital with Samson. End of 12th century. Carved stone. Villaherreros, Palencia. Frederic Mares Museum, Barcelona, Spain.

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