Ancient Sculptures and Terracotta

Classical sculptures and terracotta heads indicating artistry of ancient civilizations, showcasing cultural and religious figures.

ALBANIA, NEAR SARANDA, BUTRINT NATIONAL PARK, VENETIAN CASTLE, MUSEUM, STATUE OF DIONYSIUS (GOD OF WINE)

Fragmentary terracotta female head late 5th-early 4th century B.C. Greek, South Italian, Tarentine This terracotta head showcases the mastery of Tarentine coroplastic art. Since fine, hard stone such as marble was not readily available, Tarentine artists used terracotta for large-scale figures of high quality. The work to which this head originally belonged may have been associated with a goddess or a female attendant. Among the thousands of clay vases and figures found at Tarentum, subjects pertaining to the life of women, and specifically marriage, are prevalent.. Fragmentary terracotta female head 330007

Head of Athena Carpegna, by Unknown artist, 1st Century, marble. Italy. Lazio. Rome. Palazzo Massimo alle Terme. inv. 55051. Whole artwork. Front view. Head of Athena Carpegna. From Rome, Villa Carpegna. State of preservation of chipping nose and back of the head missing

Head of Buddha Shakyamuni. Pakistan, Gandhara region, or Afghanistan, 4th century. Sculpture. Stucco with traces of paint

Ancient marble bust of a muse, Museo Palatino, Palatino, Rome, Lazio, Italy, Europe

Minerva (Greek Athena). 2nd century AD. Copy. Piece temporarily assigned to the exhibition: Religion, language, culture in Catalonia 2009-2010. National Archaeological Museum. Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain.

Marble head of a man 3rd century B.C. Greek, South Italian, Tarentine This head of a young man with wavy, upswept hair turns slightly toward the left. The parted lips and frowning eyebrows give the face an anguished expression appropriate to a funerary context. The head, preserved to the base of the neck and roughed out behind, was made for insertion onto a torso, possibly carved from a material less expensive than marble such as limestone. This suggests that it belongs to a western Greek workshop, where imported Greek marble was used sparingly.. Marble head of a man 256845

Portrait Head of Faustina Minor; Asia Minor; 180 - 190; Asia Minor marble, white; 27.5 cm (10 13,16 in.)

ALBANIA, NEAR SARANDA, BUTRINT NATIONAL PARK, VENETIAN CASTLE, MUSEUM, STATUE OF DIONYSIUS (GOD OF WINE)

Alexandre Falguière (1831-1900). Young girl mask. Terracotta. 1851-1900. Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris, Petit Palais. MASQUE

Portrait sculpture of Alexander the Great. Made of marble, said to be from Alexandria. Greek, 2nd-1st century BC.

Bust of a Woman; Tarentum (Taras), South Italy; 425 - 350 B.C; Terracotta with clay slip; 16.9 × 13.2 cm (6 5,8 × 5 3,16 in.)

Head of Alexander the Great (356 BC-323 BC). Bust. Marble. Roman copy of an Hellenistic original. Spain. 2nd century AD. National Archaeological Museum. Tarragona. Spain.

Mercury child, 2nd century AD, Fuente del Moro, Huelva Museum, Huelva, Andalusia, Spain.

Portrait Head of Julia Titi. Unknown

Head, statue of Augustus, archaeological centre in Tindari, Sicily, Italy, Europe

Two marble portrait heads from a relief ca. 13 B.C.-A.D. 5 Roman The sculptural style of these heads, characterized by smooth features and fashionable hairstyles, is one of refined Augustan classicism. The portraits, probably of mother and daughter, are from a funerary relief that might have included likenesses of other members of the family.. Two marble portrait heads from a relief 250680 Roman, Two marble portrait heads from a relief, ca. 13 B.C.A.D. 5, Marble, H. 8 3/8 in. (21.3 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Rogers Fund, 1918 (18.145.16)

Limestone head of a boy 4th-early 3rd century B.C. Cypriot The head may belong to a so-called temple boy, a sculptural type representing a childusually a boyseated on the ground, with or without attributes. These sculptures were probably dedications connected with a rite of passage for children at about two years of age.. Limestone head of a boy 242334

Head of Athena, Pentelic marble. Found in the Roman Agora of Athens. The goddess wears a Corinthian helmet. The head belongs to a statue of the goddess in full armour ca. 450 BC

Head of a Heracles statue. Roman sculpture after an original of the 2nd century BC. Glyptothek. Munich. Germany.

Marble head of a female satyr 3rd or 2nd century B.C. Greek Delicately modeled, with head thrown back and eyes half closed in ecstasy.. Marble head of a female satyr 251517 Greek, Marble head of a female satyr, 3rd or 2nd century B.C., Marble, H. 2 3/4 in. (7 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Fletcher Fund, 1924 (24.97.90)

Cnidus Aphrodite. Marble sculpture. Roman copy of the 4th century BC. Greek original by Praxiteles. From Rome. 2nd century AD. Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek. Copenhagen, Denmark.

Terracotta female head. Culture: Greek. Dimensions: H. 1 3/4 in. (4.4 cm). Date: 3rd-2nd century B.C..Wearing a sphendone. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Limestone beardless male head with ivy wreath Cypriot late 6th or early 5th century BCE He has a prominent chin, rounded cheeks, smiling lips, ridged eyelids and ridged arched eyebrows. He wears a wreath around his head that is fastened with a knot above the middle of his forehead. The wreath has two rows of leaves and two bunches of berries in the front above the knot. There are two rows of curly hair below the wreath.

Head, female Roman Period 30 B.C.-A.D. 364 View more. Head, female. 30 B.C.-A.D. 364. Travertine (Egyptian alabaster). Roman Period. From Egypt

Statue of Dionysus, God of Wine, with crown of grape clusters. Detail. 1st century AD. Marble. National Archaeological Museum. Naples. Italy.

Limestone head of a wreathed youth 5th century B.C. Cypriot Head of a youth wearing a wreath with an oval-shaped, smiling face, a long pointed nose, bulging eyeballs with thick eyelids, and low-set eyebrows.. Limestone head of a wreathed youth 253648 Cypriot, Limestone head of a wreathed youth, 5th century B.C., Limestone, Overall: 5 1/2 x 3 3/8 x 4 3/4 in. (14 x 8.6 x 12.1 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Bequest of W. Gedney Beatty, 1941 (41.160.414)

'Head of a Youth'. Egypt, 3rd century BC. Dimensions: h. 24 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg.

Head of a woman Greek, South Italian, Tarentine. Head of a woman. Greek, South Italian, Tarentine. Terracotta. Terracottas

Marble head of a young woman. Culture: Roman. Dimensions: H. 10 9/16 in. (26.9 cm). Date: 1st century B.C.-1st century A.D..Female head, broken from a statue. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

head of Alexander the Great, marble, Macedonian dynasty, reign of Alexander the Great, granite, 332-323 BC, Temple of Aphrodite, Cyrene, Libya, Egypt, collection of the British Museum.

Head of a Woman. Orpheus Master

Figura griega. Cerámica púnica, Ampurias. Museo arqueológico de Barcelona, España. Museum: MUSEO ARQUEOLOGICO DE BARCELONA, Barcelona, SPAIN.

Aphrodite, Arkeoloji Muezesi or Archaeological Museum, Istanbul, Turkey, Europe, Asia

Anonymous / 'Faun'. XVII century. Marble. Museum: Museo del Prado, Madrid, España.

Roman civilization, Marble bust of Agrippina the Younger

'Relief: a Medallion with a Head of Bacchante'. Italy, Second half of the 17th century. Dimensions: height: 31,0 cm (oval). Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg.

White gypsum copy of ancient statue of Venus de Milo head for artists isolated on a black background. Plaster sculpture of woman face.. Gypsum copy of ancient statue Venus head isolated on black background. Plaster sculpture woman face.

Portrait Head of a Man 230 CE-270 CE Italy. This head, which depicts a man crowned with a wreath, might be a portrait of an emperor. His facial features, including almond-shaped eyes, tight-lipped mouth, faint mustache, and neck whiskers, as well as his triangular head, which tapers toward the chin, suggest his possible identification as Gallienus (r. A.D. 253ñ68). This type of wreath, which is composed of grape vines and ivy, was worn by Dionysus, the Greek god of wine and theater. Emperors frequently associated themselves with gods by adopting their attributes, or symbols, as numerous emperors portrayed themselves in the guise of Jupiter (the Greek Zeus), the supreme god of the pantheon.. Marble . Ancient Roman

Portrait Head of a Woman. Roman. Date: 140 AD. Dimensions: 35.6 x 16.5 x 22.2 cm (14 x 6 1/2 x 8 3/4 in.). Marble. Origin: Rome. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA. Author: ANCIENT ROMAN.

Terracotta head of a youth 3rd-2nd century B.C. Etruscan Stylistically, this type of head is ultimately derived from Hellenistic Greek prototypes and was especially popular with sculptors working at Cales, a city northeast of Naples. The head was originally part of a full figure that may have adorned a pediment.. Terracotta head of a youth 248594

Portrait bust of Lucilla, wife of the Roman Emperor Lucius Verus, c160-c170. Artist: Unknown

Head of an Angel, sculpture, France, Paris, Musee de la Ville de Paris

Votive female general; III century BC (-300-00-00--201-00-00);

Spain, Catalonia, Barcelona, La Pedrera or Casa Mila on Passeig de Gracia, designed by Antoni Gaudi, bust of female figure in the Apartment.

female head with headdress, urban area of Huelva, V-III BC, anthropomorphic terracotta figure, post colonial era, Huelva Museum, Huelva, Andalusia, Spain.

Bust of a Young Man 1877 France. Patinated plaster . Aimé-Jules Dalou

Copy of the Head of Aphrodite by Praxiteles, (the Kaufmann head); 150 BC; Louvre Museum. considered to be the most accurate. Discovered at Tralles in western Asia Minor late in the nineteenth century, it was purchased by the Louvre in 1951.

Classical feminine beauty rapresented on this marble old sculpture

Jean-Pierre Dantan (1800-1869), said Dantan the young. Unknown mask. Terracotta and plaster. Paris, Carnavalet museum. Mask, plaster, terracotta

Unknown, Greek, 4th century, B.C. Head from Chios (marble), Museum of Fine Arts, Boston , Sculpture, Antiquities. Nicholas Catsimpoolas Collection

Portrait Head of a Young Woman. Roman. Date: 130 AD-140 AD. Dimensions: 22 × 18 × 20.6 cm (8 7/8 × 7 × 8 in.). Marble. Origin: Roman Empire. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA. Author: ANCIENT ROMAN.

Bust of Bruneja Adys Guyski, Marceli Marek (1830-1893); 1859 (1859-00-00-1859-00-00);

Bust of a Youth (Saint John the Baptist ) 1625-1645 Italy. One of the most individual sculptors of his age, Francesco Mochi possessed an astoun- ding technical prowess. Although his output was relatively small, Mochi was one of the most original artists to emerge in seventeenth-century Italy. His art is distinguished by energetic lines, dramatic movement, and subtle psychology. Here a taut precision characterizes the youthís garment, and a carefully composed rhythm governs Mochiís virtuoso treatment of the corkscrew curls. In contrast to the greater precision of the hair and drapery, the wistful expression of the youth, with his slightly parted lips, endows the sculpture with life. This work may have been conceived as a portrait, but it is more likely a biblical or mythological subject. The almost transcendent expression suggests that the sculpture may represent a religious figure, such as the youthful Saint John the Baptist. Its small scale suggests that the work was intended as an ob

Statue of Goddess Athena with Corinthian helmet, aegis and Gorgoneion. 180-190 AD. Torso with parts of the Renaissance and Baroque era. Marble. Detail. Liebieghaus Museum. Frankfurt. Germany.

Minerva Pacifica, Lady of Calahorra, marble, 2nd century AD, La Clinica, Museum of Romanization, Calahorra, La Rioja, Spain, Europe

Head of Victory (Nike), 420-415 BC. Bronze. Museum of the Ancient Agora. Athens, Greece.

Marble male portrait bust. Culture: Roman. Dimensions: Overall: 11 3/8 x 18 3/16 in. (28.9 x 46.2 cm). Date: ca. A.D. 130.The fragmentary bust of a man in a paludamentum (military cloak) was later hollowed out for use as a gutter spout. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Head of an Adorant. Afghanistan or Pakistan; Ancient region of Gandhara. Date: 201 AD-500 AD. Dimensions: 24.1 × 16.8 × 18.2 cm (9 1/2 × 6 5/8 × 7 1/8 in.). Stucco. Origin: Gandhara. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

'Head of a Faun'. Great Britain, 18th century. Dimensions: height: 26 cm; height of the pedestal: 14 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg.

Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868) 1865 Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse A superlatively gifted figurative sculptor and designer, Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse was noted for an exuberant realistic style that aimed at universal appeal. Initially active in the decorative arts, in 1857 at age thirty-three, he began regularly exhibiting independent sculpture at the Paris Salon. Within a few years, he was financially successful and famous. Carrier-Belleuse regarded the creation of sculpture and the decorative arts as a commercial enterprise. He acted as the chief designer for numerous workshops ranging from the production of monumental architectural sculpture to porcelain and ceramic wares. To reach the widest audience through the mass manufacture of his designs, he transformed traditional processes and exploited new technologies. By the time of his death in 1887, he had established a popular figurative language that visually communicated the Second Empires mainstream cultural values in works of

Terracotta head of a woman late 4th century B.C. Greek, Tarentine 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.. Terracotta head of a woman 258000

Campania Caserta Capua Museo Campano51. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 Medieval: Byzantine architectural fragments; parchment fragments with miniatures (12th century) from Montecassino; painted wooden crucifix (13th century); Carolingian crucifixes; Bishop's miter (11th century) of gold and silver damask; fresco (13th century). Post-medieval: Architecture (15th century). Formerly the Palazzo Antignano. Unusual Catalan/Moorish-style portal; Paintings on panel and canvas (15th-18th centuries); marble intarsia (16th century); marble sculpture: busts of Christ and Mary (17th century); sculpture of saints in marble and in wood (15th century); painted and gilded sculpture in wood; marble grave sculpture (16th century); sarcophagus with allegorical carvings; gold reliquary "Rosa d'Oro"; crucifix made of elephant tusk Specific Location: Pianterreno Antiquities: Italic sculpture (seated women holding babies); inscription. Photo campaign #1: 533 photos. Roman relief and sculpture; cinerary urns; Greek an

Testa greca-romana - Magazzino Archeologico , Antiquities, Sculpture. Nicholas Catsimpoolas Collection

Limestone male head with wreath ca. 6th century B.C. Cypriot This work embodies the general characteristics of Cypriot Archaic sculpture, with its blend of influences from Phoenician, Egyptian, and Greek sources. Dedicated at temple sites, votive statues like this one wore wreaths of myrtle, laurel or ivy leaves around their heads.. Limestone male head with wreath 330011

The Herdsman (Detail) Bertel Thorvaldsen (1770-1844 Danish) Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia

BUSTO. Author: ALVAREZ CUBERO JOSE. Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION, MADRID, SPAIN.

Sarah Bernhardt (1844-1923). Young girl bust. Paris, Carnavalet museum. 24040-5 Bust, hair, young girl, long, face

Bust of a young woman, possibly a votive statue, Greek 2nd to 1st century BC. Made from Rock

Marble head of Berenice II (246-222 b.c.)

Head of a Kore. Unknown

Head of Eros, Archaeological Museum of Ibiza and Formentera, Ibiza, Balearic Islands, Spain.

Portrait of an Unknown Woman. Bartolini was an innovator in Italian sculpture. He broke with the then-current tradition of using the art of Classical antiquity as a model. This modest portrait was directly inspired by a famous Italian Renaissance sculpture of a woman (from around 1475), who holds her hands to her chest this way. Bartolinis modern style made him a very popular portraitist for the European beau monde.

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

Campania Caserta Capua Museo Campano96. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 Medieval: Byzantine architectural fragments; parchment fragments with miniatures (12th century) from Montecassino; painted wooden crucifix (13th century); Carolingian crucifixes; Bishop's miter (11th century) of gold and silver damask; fresco (13th century). Post-medieval: Architecture (15th century). Formerly the Palazzo Antignano. Unusual Catalan/Moorish-style portal; Paintings on panel and canvas (15th-18th centuries); marble intarsia (16th century); marble sculpture: busts of Christ and Mary (17th century); sculpture of saints in marble and in wood (15th century); painted and gilded sculpture in wood; marble grave sculpture (16th century); sarcophagus with allegorical carvings; gold reliquary "Rosa d'Oro"; crucifix made of elephant tusk Specific Location: Pianterreno Antiquities: Italic sculpture (seated women holding babies); inscription. Photo campaign #1: 533 photos. Roman relief and sculpture; cinerary urns; Greek an

Plaster relief cast - the head of St John from the Descent from the Cross scene. St Mary's Altar by Weit Stoss in Krakow unknown, Stwosz, Wit (ca 1447 1533)

Marble head of a woman 3rd-1st century B.C. Greek The head may come from a funerary monument.. Marble head of a woman. Greek. 3rd-1st century B.C.. Marble, Pentelic. Hellenistic. Stone Sculpture

Head of an Apostle. Culture: German. Dimensions: 11 13/16 × 10 1/8 × 9 3/4 in. (30 × 25.7 × 24.8 cm). Date: ca. 1280-1300.With its curly hair and furrowed brow, this arresting head bears comparison with the prophets on the central portal of the west facade of Strasbourg Cathedral, which was carved a generation after the Virgin (47.101.11) displayed in this gallery. The red sandstone is typical for that region. Although the head certainly belonged to a column figure, it is unknown whether it was part of the sculptural program of Strasbourg Cathedral or of another church in that city. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Bust of a young woman, possibly Auguste-Louise-Therese Roland. .

Female terracotta head, Archaeological Museum of Ibiza and Formentera, Spain.

"Head from a colossal statue of a woman wearing a sakkos (cap). Parían marble.

Statue of a female worshipper playing a lyre. Limestone. Made in Cyprus. 300-280 BC. From Larnaka. British Museum. London. England. United Kingdom.

Marble head of a woman 1st century A.D. Roman Copy of a Hellenistic statue of the 3rd or 2nd century B.C.Coiffures with corkscrew curls were fashionable in Egypt and Cyrene during the Ptolemaic period. This head must have represented an important person, as several other copies are known today. This copy was once part of the collection of antiquities formed in Rome during the early seventeenth century by the Marchese Vincenzo Giustiniani.. Marble head of a woman 246985

Iluro Venus from Can Xammar, Mataró. Roman sculpture of the second century a.C. Museum: Museu de Mataró.

Photograph of a Classical Roman bust depicting the God Apollo. Dated 2nd Century

Germany, Cologne. Roman Germanic Museum (aka Romisch-Germanisches), ancient Roman sculpture.

Terracotta head of a woman. Culture: Egyptian (). Dimensions: H. 2 5/8 in. (6.7 cm). Date: 3rd-2nd century B.C..With wreath and heavy fillet around head, and earrings. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Head of the Venus. Augusta era(27 BC-14 AD). Italica, Andalusia, Spain. Archaeological Museum of Seville. Andalusia. Spain.

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

Alexander the Great (356-323 BC), Alexander III of Macedon. Portrait bust of a young Alexander. Ancient Olympia Museum

'Portrait of Unknown Woman with High Hairstyle'. Germany, 19th century. Dimensions: height: 64 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg.

Juliet Recamier; Bust by a sculpture in the style of Canova 1754. Jeanne-FranÁoise Recamier (4 December 1777 ñ 11 May 1849), known as Juliette was a French society leader, whose salon drew Parisians from the leading literary and political circles of the early 19th century.

Head of the Virgin, 15th century, H.9-1/2 x W.8-3/4 x D.7 in., Limestone, polychromed, France, 15th century

Campania Caserta Capua Museo Campano03. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 Medieval: Byzantine architectural fragments; parchment fragments with miniatures (12th century) from Montecassino; painted wooden crucifix (13th century); Carolingian crucifixes; Bishop's miter (11th century) of gold and silver damask; fresco (13th century). Post-medieval: Architecture (15th century). Formerly the Palazzo Antignano. Unusual Catalan/Moorish-style portal; Paintings on panel and canvas (15th-18th centuries); marble intarsia (16th century); marble sculpture: busts of Christ and Mary (17th century); sculpture of saints in marble and in wood (15th century); painted and gilded sculpture in wood; marble grave sculpture (16th century); sarcophagus with allegorical carvings; gold reliquary "Rosa d'Oro"; crucifix made of elephant tusk Specific Location: Pianterreno Antiquities: Italic sculpture (seated women holding babies); inscription. Photo campaign #1: 533 photos. Roman relief and sculpture; cinerary urns; Greek an

Caryatid from the Erechtheion, standing in contrapposto, displayed at the Acropolis Museum. 421-407 BC. Athens. Greece.

William Henry Rinehart, Penserosa, c 1863 Penserosa

Rome, Italy, August 22, 2008: God Apollo. Palazzo Massimo

'Altar: Medusa's Mask, Sculls of Sacrificial Bulls, and Garlands'. Ancient Rome, 1st century. Dimensions: h. 69 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg.

Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, Mater Dolorosa, 1870, Carrara marble.

Limestone head from Towcester, Northamptonshire.

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