Ancient Sculptures and Busts

Stone and clay busts portraying figures from antiquity, focusing on hairstyles and facial features, showcasing classical artistry.

Roman woman. Bust. Hairstyle. 1st cent. AD.

Roman woman. Bust. Hairstyle. 1st cent. AD.

Limestone head of beardless male votary 3rd-2nd century B.C. Cypriot Figure with wreath.. Limestone head of beardless male votary 242355

Copy of a 2nd century BC head of the Greek God Ares, God of War. Dated 2nd Century BC

Artemis (Ariccia type). Late-Hadrianic copy (AD 130-140) of a Greek original of the second half of the 5th century BC. National Archaeological Museum, Naples. Italy.

Alexander the Great as young Herakles. Wearing the scalp of lion as helmet. Greek, Hellenistic, 4th-3rd BCE. Met. NY, USA.

Head of a Goddess (possiblyHera)

Alexander the Great Bust. Marble. Greece. Portrait from Alexandria. 2nd cent. BC.

portrait of Agrippina Maior, granddaughter of the Emperor Augustus, 1st century, Museum-Interpretation Center of the archaeological park of Segóbriga, Saelices, Cuenca, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain.

Marble portrait of a young girl A.D. 81-96 Roman The often-changing hairstyles of ladies at the imperial court are well documented, making possible the approximate dating of many portraits of unknown but fashionable women. This girls coiffure with a rounded halo of curls and tight braids tied at the nape of the neck is very similar to that of Domitia Longina, wife of the emperor Domitian, as she appears on coin portraits that are dated to the early eighties A.D.. Marble portrait of a young girl. Roman. A.D. 81-96. Marble. Flavian. Stone Sculpture

Minerva Pacifica, Dama de Calahorra , marmol, siglo II d. C. , La Clínica, Museo de la Romanización, Calahorra, La Rioja , Spain, Europe.

portrait of Agrippina the minor, El Cumbrillar, Villalba de Alcor, 1st century AD, Huelva Museum, Huelva, Andalusia, Spain.

Claudius (10 BC-54 AD). Roman emperor from 41 to 54. Julio-Claudian dynasty. Portrait of Caudius wearing the wreath with central medallion. Marble, 4-54 AD. From Thassos. Louvre, Paris, France.

Anonymous / 'Sappho'. s XVI - XVII century. Marble. Museum: Museo del Prado, Madrid, España.

Head of a Girl from a Grave Naiskos. Unknown

Portret młodzieńca. unknown, author

Ancient marble bust of god Apollo, Museo Palatino, Palatino, Rome, Lazio, Italy, Europe

Portrait Head of Julia Titi; Unknown; Italy; about 90; Marble with polychromy; Object: H: 33 x W: 22.5 x D: 24.4 cm (H: 13 x W: 8 7/8 x D: 9 5/8 in.)

Marble head of Ptolemy III Euergetes, King of Egypt

Tiberius (Tiberius Julius Caesar) (Rome, c. 42 BC-Misena, 37 AD). Roman Emperor (12-37) of the Julio-Claudian dynasty. It was adopted by Augustus, who named him his successor. Marble bust. Museum of Fine Arts. Budapest. Hungary.

'Female Head in a Kalathos Headdress with a Veil'. Cyprus, Second half of the 4th century BC. Dimensions: h. 14 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg.

Portrait head from a statue of a prince of the Julio-Claudian dynasty, perhaps the younger Drusus, son of the roman emperor Tiberius. Marble. 20-40 AD. From Kyrenia (Cyprus). British Museum. London. England. United Kingdom.

Philip II, King of Macedon. Artist: Unknown

Portrait of a princess Agrippina the elder (14 BC - AD 33). Julio-Claudian dynasty. Marble bust (37-41 AD.) Archaeological Museum, Naples.

Head of Apollo (from the Lansdowne Artemis). Attributed to Kephistodotos the Elder (active early 4th century B.C.). Italy, Rome, Roman, 1st- or 2nd- century copy after a Greek original of the early 4th century B.C.. Sculpture. Marble

Bust of Arsinoe II (316 BC - 270 BC) a Ptolemaic queen and co-regent of the Ptolemaic Kingdom.

Limestone head of beardless male votary 2nd century B.C. Cypriot Figure wearing wreath.. Limestone head of beardless male votary 242350

Roman lady. 2nd cent Ad. Italy.

Marble portrait head of a woman. Culture: Roman. Dimensions: Overall: 8 5/8 × 5 3/4 × 6 7/8 in. (21.9 × 14.6 × 17.5 cm). Date: early 3rd century A.D..The portrait is one of great character, reflecting the personality and physical appearance of the subject. It also illustrates the continuing practice of private individuals of following the fashions set by the imperial court; under the Severan dynasty (A.D. 193-235) hairstyles for both men and women were very restrained in comparison with earlier styles. In addition, the carving at the back of the head indicates that a separate piece of marble was used for part of the coiffure, either a circular bun or a broad ponytail. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Claudius (10BC-54 AD). Roman emperor from 41 to 54. Julio-Claudian dynasty. Bust from Bilbilis. Zaragoza Museum. Aragon, Spain.

Berenice II (ca. 269-221 BC). Wife of Ptolemy III Euergetes. Bust. Munich. Germany.

Portrait Head of a Man. Unknown

Head of Alexander the Great, 4th century. Artist: Unknown

Head of Demeter. Part of the himation that covered the goddess's head is preserved. Surfaces to which separately carved pieces of marble were attached as well as holes to secure a metal diadem can be seen.

Bust of a Youth. Unknown

Bronze head of a young man from the Trajan Period, from Bonomia, near Vidin, Bulgaria. Thracian Civilization, 2nd Century.

Terracotta head late 4th century B.C. Greek, Boeotian By the end of the 4th century B.C., a new repertoire of terracotta figurines emerged. Appreciated for their naturalistic features, preserved pigments, variety, and charm, these figurines are known as Tanagras, from the site in Boeotia where they were found in great numbers. The majority of these figurines depict women or girls, reflecting an intimate examination of the personal world of mortal women and children.. Terracotta head 330008

Caligula, Gaius Julius Caesar (12-41). Roman Emperor (37-41). Bust. Marble. Carlsberg Glyptotek Museum. Copenhagen. Denmark.

Relieve romano, Museu Arqueològic Comarcal de Banyoles (MACB),.

Head found in the Cerro de los Santos sanctuary, Albacete. Iberic sculpture. Madrid, National Museum of Archeology. Location: MUSEO ARQUEOLOGICO NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

Terracotta head of a wreathed youth early 3rd century B.C. Cypriot The type of the wreathed figure was made in Cyprus from the sixth century B.C. into the Roman period.. Terracotta head of a wreathed youth 241009

Portrait of roman emperor Vespasian (24-79). National Roman Museum (Baths of Diocletian). Rome. Italy.

Marble head of Hadrian (76-138)

Vibia Sabina (83-136/137). Roman empress, wife of emperor Hadrian. 122-128 Ad. Bust. Marble. The Met. NY. USA.

Portret Agrypiny Młodszej. warsztat rzymski, workshop

George IV, Sir Francis Leggatt Chantrey, 1781-1841, British, 1827, Marble, Overall: 33 x 22 x 11 inches, 200 lb. (83.8 x 55.9 x 27.9 cm, 90.7 kg), king (person), man, portrait, rose (plant), shamrock, tassel, thistle, toga, wig

Female portrait head. Thasian marble. Found in Athens. It has been suggested that this is a portrait of Sabrina, wife of the emperor Hadrian, but id probably a private portrait AD 125-130

Portrait Bust of Livia. Unknown

Museo arqueológico de Ibiza y Formentera, Patrimonio de la Humanidad «Ibiza, biodiversidad y cultura», Ibiza, balearic islands, Spain.

'Head of an Athlete'. Roman copy after the Greek original of the 4th century BC. Ancient Rome, 2nd century. Dimensions: h. 37,5 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg.

Close up of marble head of Alexander the Great, Hellenistic art , 2nd- 1st century b.c.

Terracotta male head wearing a wreath 3rd century B.C. () Cypriot Head of a votary or deity wearing a wreath. The solid beardless head has a mold-made face; the headdress was added by hand.. Terracotta male head wearing a wreath 241061

Musée de l'Acropole d'Athènes, 1331, tête d'Alexandre le Grant Léochares , Sculpture, Antiquities, Kings, Alexander, the Great, 356 B.C.-323 B.C.. Nicholas Catsimpoolas Collection

Marble head of Julia, wife of Tiberius Caesar, 1st century BC. Artist: Unknown

Limestone head of a beardless male votary with a wreath of leaves 2nd half of the 4th century B.C. Cypriot Figure wearing wreath of leaves.. Limestone head of a beardless male votary with a wreath of leaves. Cypriot. 2nd half of the 4th century B.C.. Hard limestone. Hellenistic. Stone Sculpture

Head of the god Apollo. Found in Rome. Italy. 3rd century AD. Marble. Exposition The Human Image. Organised by British Museum and "La Caixa" Foundation. Barcelona. Spain.

Italy, Calabria, Punta Alice, Bust of Apollo (also known as Apollo Aleo), marble

Głowa bogini Afrodyty. unknown, author

Faustina the Elder (98-141 AD). Roman empress, wife of Antoninus Pius. The elder Faustina set in modern alabaster bust. AD. 138-141. National Arhaeological Museum. Naples. Italy.

Fidel Aguilar / Busto, siglo XX. Museu de Historia de Girona (Museo de Historia de Gerona).

Portrait of an oldwoman

Bust of Melancholy Roman, Delphi Museum, Delphi, Greece

marble portrait bust of Vibia Sabina Wife of Emperor Hadrian 100 AD

Marble sculpture depicting Empress Arianna's head, from Istanbul, Turkey. Byzantine Civilization, 4th Century.

Terracotta head of a youth early 3rd century B.C. () Cypriot The head is mold-made and hollow. He has an ovoid face, a faint smile, and short curly hair impressed with small spirals.. Terracotta head of a youth. Cypriot. early 3rd century B.C. (). Terracotta; mold-made. Early Hellenistic. Terracottas

Etruscan terracotta votive head, study in Villa San Michele, previously owned by Axel Munthe, Anacapri, Capri, Campania, Italy.

Head of an Antonine Woman (Close to Faustina Minor); Italy (); mid-2nd century; Italian marble, fine-grained, worked for insertion into statue; 27.5 × 21 × 21.5 cm (10 13,16 × 8 1,4 × 8 7,16 in.)

Portrait Bust of a Roman Adolescent. Unknown

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

Julius Caesar, Art of Ancient Rome, Classical sculpture, Marble Classical Antiquities Objects Sculpture, circa 1st century AD, Russia, St. Petersburg, State Hermitage, H 58

Joseph Nollekens, 1737-1823, British, Portrait of a Man, Probably Lord Granville Leveson-Gower, first Earl Granville (1773-1846), 1810. Marble.

CABEZA DE MELEAGRO. Author: ESCOPAS (420-350 AC). Location: VILLA MEDICI. Rome. ITALIA.

Roman civilization, Marble head of Drusus the Elder from Roselle, Augusteum, Tuscany region, Italy, 1st century a.d.

Head of Aphrodite, AD 100-200. Italy, Roman, 2nd Century. Marble; overall: 30.3 cm (11 15/16 in.).

Bronze head of a woman or a goddess 150-100 BC From Mersin, Cilicia. She wears a diadem with silver decoration, and the eyes retain their silver inlay.

Portrait bust of Paris, Son of the Trojan King Priam. Artist: Unknown

Marble sarcophagus fragment: head of an African (known as an Ethiopian) 1st quarter of the 3rd century A.D. Roman Sarcophagus fragment.. Marble sarcophagus fragment: head of an African (known as an Ethiopian). Roman. 1st quarter of the 3rd century A.D.. Marble. Mid-Imperial, Severan. Stone Sculpture

Roman civilization, Marble bust of Emperor Augustus

Jean-Pierre Dantan (1800-1869), said Dantan the young. Mask by composer Adrien-Louis-Victor Boieldieu (1815-1883). Terracotta. Paris, Carnavalet museum. Composer, french, mask, plaster, terracotta

Bronze head of Constantine I, 3rd century BC. Artist: Unknown

Abruzzo Chieti Chieti Museo Nazionale di Antichita5. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 Exterior views of part of the former Villa Frigeri, which along with a neighboring palazzo, houses the Museo Nazionale di Antichita. Views also of the gardens, fountain (17th century) and the restored interior. The so-called "Capestrano Warrior" (5th century B.C.) is found in the Antiquities core collection under Men, Youths, Warriors--Stone--Etruscan, Italic. Hutzel views include statues, funerary monuments, portrait busts and mosaics, many of which were excavated from Alba Fucens. Hutzel paid particular attention to the colossal statue of Hercules (late Hellenistic); the funerary temple reliefs of Lucius Storax; various nudes, torsos and heads, including the portrait bust of Agrippina Minore and the sepulchral portrait relief of Lucius Poditius (1st century A.D.); gravestones with inscriptions and bas-reliefs; Roman coins; bronze figurines (mainly warriors); and bronze vessels, utensils, helmets and ornaments.

Private portrait of a man. 1st century. Marble. From Augusta Emerita (Merida, province of Badajoz, Extremadura, Spain). National Archaeological Museum. Madrid. Spain.

Emperor Claudius (41-54 AD). Portrait. About 50 AD. From sanctuary of Athena Polias at Priene, Asia Minor.

Limestone relief head of a Persian. Culture: Greek, Tarentine. Dimensions: 4 5/16 × 5 9/16 × 3 7/8 in. (11 × 14.2 × 9.9 cm)Height (w/base): 7 in. (17.8 cm). Date: ca. 330-300 B.C..This finely carved relief head depicts a Persian, identified by the distinctive head scarf tied around the neck and pulled over his chin. The relief, once part of a pediment or metope adorning a Tarentine funerary naiskos, probably depicted a battle or hunt. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Head of a Youth ca. 1230-50 French This clean face does not appear to have been part of a full head but rather was incorporated, masklike, into a corbel. The tonsured hair would be appropriate for a monastic context. The face is strikingly similar to those on a corbel near the chapter house at the royal abbey of Saint-Denis. Other damaged corbels in the vicinity may be the source of this face.. Head of a Youth 474347

Head from a statue of Apollo. Bronze. 2nd-3rd centuries AD. From Serdica (Sofia), Bulgaria. National Archaeological Museum. Sofia. Bulgaria.

Bronze colossal head of Emperor Constantine

'Relief: Medallion with a Portrait of a Woman'. Italy, Early 18th century. Dimensions: 27,0x19,0 cm (oval). Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg.

Jean-Pierre Dantan (1800-1869), said Dantan the young. Mask by Dermatologist Pierre-Louis-Alphonce Cazenave (around 1795-1877). Terracotta and plaster. Paris, Carnavalet museum. Dermatologist, mask, plaster, terracotta

Fragment of a Head; Tarentum (Taras), South Italy; 440 - 430 B.C; Terracotta with clay slip; 14.2 × 14 cm (5 9,16 × 5 1,2 in.)

Cabeza de hombre. Museu Nacional Arqueològic de Tarragona.

Head of a Man. Unknown

Terracotta head of a woman. Culture: Greek, Tarentine. Dimensions: H.: 12 in. (30.5 cm). Date: late 4th century B.C..This terracotta head showcases the mastery of Tarentine coroplastic art. It belonged to a life-size statue of a goddess, or alternatively a female attendant- a funerary statue type common in the late Classical period. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Nike Goddess Victory statue, Stoa of Attalos, Agora, Athens, Greece. Statue 138-161 AD Stoa built in 150 BC

Bronze portrait bust of a Roman matron ca. A.D. 20-50 Roman This bust of a private individual has often been taken to represent one of the emperor Augustuss descendants, notably his granddaughter Agrippina the Elder, whose hairstyle is closely imitated here. It provides a good illustration of the way in which official images of the emperor and his family influenced Roman private portraits. The bust may have been a dedication, possibly set up in a shrine within the family house.. Bronze portrait bust of a Roman matron. Roman. ca. A.D. 20-50. Bronze. Early Imperial, Julio-Claudian. Bronzes

Variant of the Head of the Aphrodite of Cnidos. Unknown

Augustus (63BC-14AD). Founder of the Roman Empire and first Emperor (27BC-14AD). Bust. Copy from the original preserved in the Capitoline Museum, Rome. Age of Augustus. Museum of the Ara Pacis.

Head of an Angel ca. 1250 French This head of an angel with glorious locks of hair is closely related to sculpture on the transepts of the Cathedral of Notre-Dame in Paris.. Head of an Angel 477221

Head of a bearded male with a wreath of leaves 3rd quarter of the 6th century B.C. Cypriot Bearded head wearing wreath of leaves.. Head of a bearded male with a wreath of leaves 242414

Bust of a Flavian Woman. Unknown

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