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Ancient Sculptural Reliefs

Detailed reliefs from classical tombs and churches, showcasing figures, battles, and mythological themes in stone from ancient periods.

Detail from the Nereid Monument, a sculptured tomb from Xanthos in classical period Lycia. Dated 4th Century BC
Detail from the Nereid Monument, a sculptured tomb from Xanthos in classical period Lycia. Dated 4th Century BC
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Furniture plaque carved in relief with sphinx. Culture: Assyrian. Dimensions: 2.44 x 2.99 x 0.31 in. (6.2 x 7.59 x 0.79 cm). Date: ca. 9th-8th century B.C..This carved ivory plaque was found in a storage room in Fort Shalmaneser, a royal building at Nimrud that was used to store booty and tribute collected by the Assyrians while on military campaign. It depicts a winged, human-headed sphinx striding to the right, framed above and below by a plain flat border. A plant grows behind the sphinx's body, with a stem visible under the belly and a row of three leaves or fronds rising above the edge of the wing. The sphinx has plump cheeks, a large beaked nose, a small mouth, and a receding chin; its hair is dressed in separate long plaits, one ending in a curl behind the shoulder and one extending over the chest. The body is stocky and muscular, and the flexed hindquarters are skillfully modeled to convey the creature's imposing physicality. Carved ivory pieces such as this were widely used in
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Marble relief of a horseman. Greek, Late Hellenistic. 1st century B.C.
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Triumphal Procession. Dated: c. 1500. Dimensions: overall: 4.1 x 6.3 cm (1 5/8 x 2 1/2 in.) gross weight: 40 gr. Medium: bronze. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: North Italian 16th Century.
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Altar. Relief. Myth of Cleobi and Bitone. Marble. Imperial Age. Rome. National Roman Museum. Baths of Diocletian. Rome. Italy.
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Old sarcophage in ruins of Aphrodisias, Turkey
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Europe, Cyprus. Seated woman supported by a pair of winged sphinxes. 700-600 BC. Cyprus.
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Campania Salerno Cava dei Tirreni Abbey of La Trinta di Cava4. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 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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Lovers (Mithuna), c. 973. Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Sikar, Harshagiri, Pratihara Dynasty, 10th Century. Sandstonewith limestone wash; overall: 35.3 x 34.3 cm (13 7/8 x 13 1/2 in.).
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Sculptural relief of the portico of the monastery of Santa María de Ripoll, XII century, Ripoll, Gerona, Catalonia, Spain.
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Late Greek relief to the glory of the tragoedian Euripides, Istanbul, Turkey, Asia
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Agnus Dei. Romanesque sculpture, 12th century. Archivolt of Monestry of Sant Pere de Rodes, Girona, Spain. Masterpiece in marble.
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Obelisk of Theodosius. Erected in the Hippodrome of Constantinople (now Istanbul) by Roman emperor Theodosius I. 4th Century. Relief at the pedestal: Theodosius I with his family and the submission of the barbarians (west face). Turkey. (Photo by: PHAS/UIG)
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Marte y Venus, Italia, siglo I, arcilla, coleccion Campana
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Relief representing the she-wolf nursing Romulus and Remus (founders of Rome), limestone
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Master ISA, Apollo and Vulcan Apollo and Vulcan
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Indonesia, Java, Borobudur. One of the many magnificent bas-relief panels which decorate the stone terrace walls of the 9th century Buddhist temple at Borobudur.
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Sarcophagus of vintner depicting sale of wine
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Marble relief of an elderly man shaking hands with a younger man, Archaeological Museum, Piraeus, Greece.
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Basso Relievo, inside Seven Pagodas. Unknown maker
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DETALLE DE LA ENJUTA DE LA PORTADA DE LA IGLESIA DE SANTA MARIA LA REAL - SIGLO XII - REGIN FORJANDO LA ESPADA Y SIGFRIDO MATANDO AL D. Author: LEODEGARIUS (ESCULTOR SIGLO XII). Location: IGLESIA DE SANTA MARIA LA REAL. Sangüesa. NAVARRA. SPAIN.
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Relief depicting Deception and Despotic Power. US Supreme Court, Washington DC. USA
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Rockefeller Museum Jerusalem Israel
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Bas-relief sculptures of erotic scenes are well depicted parapet wall of the Chinniyan tank Oorani near Thiruvannamalai Tiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu, South India, India, Asia
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A youth with his horse and dog. Roman, 125 AD. Detail. From Hadrian's Villa, Tivoli. British Museum. London.
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Two groups of horsemen from a Crucifixion scene, anonymous, c. 1440 In the rising landscape with right -grease crop and on the left a rock formation five riders to the left. The front with stretched legs in the climbing brackets keeps the left hand gesting in front of the chest; With the judge, who is missing, he kept the horse with the toom. He seems to be listening to the rider, who is driving beside him, probably the headman, who points up (to Christ) and keeps the horse with the left. Both riders wear a beard. Behind them two soldiers, of whom the left keeps his index finger for the chest; In the second, only the neck of his horse can be seen. On the far right a gesture rider, who sees his head thrown up. On the front horse is a sheabreak and there is a rosette, remnant of the horse harness. The saddle with high front section is attached to the horse hull with a belt. The rider wears a wounded band around the head, as well as around the hips, a tunic with a side split, including th
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Relief depicting the figure of Octavian. Augustus (63 BC 14 AD) was the founder of the Roman Empire and its first Emperor, ruling from 27 BC until his death. US Supreme Court, Washington DC. USA.
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Royal armour bearers, throne relief (treasury relief) of Darius I the Great Persepolis (Pars), Achaemenids (559-330 BC), National Museum, Tehran, Tehran, Iran, Asia
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Engraving of a terracotta tablet excavated in Babylon showing a large dog and it's attendant. Dated 19th century
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Stele depicting fight between dog and cat, Relief from Kerameikos necropolis in Athens, Greece, detail, man with cat on leash
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Flaxman's outline drawings illustrating Homer's Iliad Venus wounded conducted by Iris to Mars. Diomed casting his spear against Mars. This scene is one of several designs that the English sculptor and draughtsman John Flaxman (1755-1826) did to illustrate passages from the Greek epic poet Homer's Iliad and Odyssey, a commission he had been given by Georgiana Hare-Naylor while he was living in Rome. It represents Diomed casting a spear against Mars. It was done 1793.
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Italy, Campania, Benevento, Arco di Traiano detail
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TWEE PUTS, ROUND.
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Sculpture in high relief of gods, Palmyra, c2nd - 1st century BC. Artist: Unknown
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Baptismal font, Basilica of San Frediano, Romanesque church, Lucca. Tuscany, Central Italy. Europe. Small Towns and Great Art in Tuscany by Henri Belle (1837-1890) Old 19th century engraving from Le Tour du Monde 1880
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Friezes on the portico of Tiberius depicting various gods, goddesses and portrait heads in Aphrodisias, Aydin, Turkey, Asia
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Carved wooden relief depicting Candomble (Afro-Brazilian religion) orisha (divinity figure) Logun Ede by artist Carybe in the Afro-Brazilian museum, S...
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Statues of Diokletian and three other emperors in Venice on San Marco square, Italy.The Tetrarchs is 4th century porphyry sculpture representing Diocletian, Maximian, Valerian and Constance.. Statues of Diokletian and three other emperors in Venice on San Marco square, Italy.The Tetrarchs is 4th century porphyry sculpture representing Diocletian, Maximian, Valerian and Constance
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Ancient statues without heads, torsos, Delos island, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Mykonos, Cyclades, Greece, Europe
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Roman sarcophagus in Tel Kadesh
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Maria Pacheco de Padilla (c.1496-1531), Castilian noblewoman, wife of the Comunero Juan de Padilla (1490-1521). She was known by the nickname "The Lioness of Castile". In Toledo, Maria de Padilla received news of her husband's execution in Villalar (Valladolid, Spain) on April 24, 1521, the day after his defeat in the battle of the same name. Maria Pacheco, sitting at a table, appears dejected after receiving the news. She is accompanied by two female figures, one crying on her back and the other consoling her. The newly arrived militias are kept apart, on the left. After her husband's death, she took command of the uprising of the Comuneros of Castile. Maria Pacheco after Villalar. Engraving by Toma´s Carlos Capuz (1834-1899) after a painting by Vicente Borra´s (1837-1903). La Ilustracion Espan~ola y Americana, 1881.