Classical Reliefs and Bas-Reliefs

Photographs of ancient reliefs depicting mythological and historical themes, showcasing intricate craftsmanship and storytelling through stone artistry.

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Temptation, Genesis relief on portal of Saint Petronius Basilica in Bologna, Italy

Aimé-Jules Dalou (1838-1902). "Bacchanal". Patinated plaster, between 1891 and 1899. Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris, Petit Palais. Body, cluster, lust, nudite, pattero patina, grapes, naked

Carvings on Apadana staircase, Apadana Palace was built by Darius the Great in 6th century BC, Persepolis, Iran

The brothers tinged Joseph's coat with the blood by Giacomo Raibolini, right door of San Petronio Basilica in Bologna, Italy

"Silene" a frieze by Navlet. Unknown maker, French

Nanni di Bancos Predella, Plaque Opera Workshop, Florence, Tuscany, Italy

Sarcófago del Pedagogo, siglo III, 71 x 216 x 67 cm., mármol blanco del Proconeso. Procedente de la Necrópolis Paleocristiana de Tarragona. Museu Nacional Arqueològic de Tarragona (MNAT).

Sarcophagus of the 'two brothers' , Antiquities, Bas-reliefs, Sarcophagi. Nicholas Catsimpoolas Collection

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.

Pergamon Altar. Yadegar Asisi (born 1955). Artistic attempt to restore the North Frieze using the part of the frieze not shown in the panorama in order to complete the figures and scenes. Aphrodite and Eros fighting with a giant. The goddess pulls a lance out of a dead giant. Pergamon Museum. Berlin. Germany.

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Campania Caserta Capua Museo Campano62. 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

Bacchic scene. Bacchantic scene. Bacchanaal with Bacchus standing against a pedestal on which a vase is. On the ground a young woman makes her drinking dish filled by a faun. On the right two drinking saterts. Dessus de-porte or Dessus-de-Miroir.

Sarcophagus Lid. Unknown maker, made in an Attic workshop

rd, Beatrixgasse - Modenapalais - Interior view - Detail - Wall Decor of the Library Hall, August Stauda -, photographer

Effigy depicting King Richard I of England (1157-1199) King of England, Duke of Normandy, Duke of Aquitaine, Duke of Gascony, Lord of Cyprus, Count of Poitiers, Count of Anjou, Count of Maine, Count of Nantes, and Overlord of Brittany. Dated 12th Century

Drawing, Fountain Basin; Domenico Piola (Italian, 1627 - 1703); Italy; pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over black chalk on white laid paper; 20 x 32.6 cm (7 7/8 x 12 13/16 in.) Mat: 35.6 x 45.7 cm (14 x 18 in.)

Versailles, Enlèvement de Proserpine par Pluton par Girardon, (detail). Jean-Eugène-Auguste Atget; French, 1857-1927. Date: 1904. Dimensions: 21.6 × 17.5 cm (image); 21.6 × 17.9 cm (paper). Albumen print. Origin: France. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Death of Nelson bronze relief, Trafalgar Square, Westminster, London, England. Dedicated 1849, statue by John Edward Carew. Nelson saved UK by defeating Napoleon Navy at Trafalgar where Nelson was killed.

The Entombment. Dimensions: overall: 11.3 x 15.9 cm (4 7/16 x 6 1/4 in.) gross weight: 725 gr. Medium: bronze. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Andrea Briosco, called Riccio.

Bacchanal of Satyrs and Cupids. The Brussels sculptor Gerard van Opstal created a stir at the French court in Paris with his small-scale ivory reliefs in the Flemish Baroque style of Rubens. Here, this finds expression in the chubby bodies of the putti and the plump proportions of the pair of satyrs.

Balustrade plate with rayed sun in a garland, bas-relief on facade of San Sebastiano church, 1460-1529, design by Leon Battista Alberti (1404-1472), Mantua (UNESCO World Heritage List, 2008), Lombardy. Italy, 16th-17th century.

th, Karlskirche, relief on a triumphal column, Gerlach , Wiedling Buch- und Kunstverlag, publishing house

Italy. Rome. Ara Pacis Augustae. Altar dedicated to Pax, the Roman goddess of Peace. 13-9 BC. to celebrate peace established by Augustus. Inside. Scene of the sacrifice of a Bull and a lamb.

Floris, Frans (I), Gietleughen, Joos, David plays the harp for Saul, lower right, David plays his harp (lyre) for King Saul. Chiaroscuro woodcut printed from four blocks. Signed lower right. On the foot of the throne is: SAUL. I. REG. CA. XVI., print, prints, verso center right - stamped, height 330 mm, width 475 mm, print maker, printmaker, 1555 - 1555, third quarter 16th century, paper, chiaroscuro woodcut, brush, schilder, Work conception, Zuid-Nederlands, 1520 - 1570-10-01

Lazio Roma Rome Palazzo Corsetti8. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 Views of 17th c. simple facade and courtyard withdetail views of mounted architectural and sculptural fragments. Interior views of coffers, painting, fresco painting, silver icon. Antiquities: Sculptural fragments General Notes: Views 111-152 are extracted from via di Monserrato sequence. 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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Temptation, Genesis relief on portal of Saint Petronius Basilica in Bologna, Italy

Maenads in a Wood; 1879 Plaster Gustave Dore French; 1832-1883

SARCOFAGO ROMANO. Location: MUSEOS VATICANOS-MUSEO PIO CLEMENTINO. VATICANO.

Pergamon Altar. Yadegar Asisi (born 1955). Artistic attempt to restore the North Frieze using the part of the frieze not shown in the panorama in order to complete the figures and scenes. Gigantomachy. Goddess, identified as Nyx, with a pot in hand to be used as a projectile, surrounded by snakes. Pergamon Museum. Berlin. Germany.

Temptation, Genesis relief on portal of Saint Petronius Basilica in Bologna, Italy

Elsevier photo collection. Relief National Monument Dam Square. 2, 1966. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

The Risen Christ appears to Mary Magdalen. (Tilman Riemenschneider; Heiligenstadt; about 1460-153I Wurzburg; 1490-I492 )

Hadrian's adventus , Antiquities, Bas-reliefs, Emperors, Hadrian, Emperor of Rome, 76-138. Nicholas Catsimpoolas Collection

Rome, Italy, August 24, 2008: Roman gods. Altemps Palace

Stucco relief panel. Culture: Roman. Dimensions: Overall: 9 1/2 x 14 3/8 x 2 1/4 in. (24.1 x 36.5 x 5.7 cm). Date: 2nd half of 1st century A.D..Draped in a heavy cloak and with an elaborate hairdo, the woman reclines with one knee raised. Her left arm rests against a low support. A pillar from which a swag of drapery hangs is visible just behind her right shoulder and another slender, fluted column stands to the left. A long, thin palm-like branch sketched lightly in the background at the upper left must have been held by another figure, who was approaching the resting woman. Given the Dionysiac subject matter of the other reliefs, this scene may have shown the god as he discovered Ariadne, his future wife, while she was sleeping on the island of Naxos. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Lazio Roma Rome S. Agnese in Agone4. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 Post-medieval: Architecture, architectural sculpture, sculpture, painting. Object Notes: Founded under Pope Innocent X in 1652 with construction carried out by the Rainaldis, passing to Borromini. The site is located above the traditional site of the martyrdom of St. Agnes, above the circus of Domiziano dating from the 1st century A.D. 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.

ITALIA. FLORENCIA. BAPTISTERIO DE SAN GIOVANNI. DETALLE PUERTA DEL PARAISO " MOISES RECIBE LOS DIEZ MANDAMIENTOS EN EL MONTE SINAI " OBRA DE LORENZO GHIBERTI.

Irredortistic blanket Trento.

Rome, Italy

Sculpture of Cupido and the three graces by Bertel Thorvaldsen, Budtz Müller & Co., after Bertel Thorvaldsen, 1862 - 1884 stereograph Copenhagen (city) cardboard. paper albumen print Graces (Charites), generally three in number; 'Gratie' (Ripa). sculpture Copenhagen (city)

MEZQUITA DE CORDOBA. IMPOSICION DE LA CASULLA A SAN ILDEFONDO RELIEVE. CORDOBA, ESPAÑA.

Mourners and Soldiers from a Crucifixion. Culture: South Netherlandish. Dimensions: Overall: 18 3/4 x 24 1/2 x 6 in. (47.6 x 62.2 x 15.2 cm). Date: late 15th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

The Nile statue(second half 1st. cent. A.D.). The New Wing (Braccio Nuovo) of the Chiaramonti Museum, Vatican museum, Vatican city, Rome, Italy.

Baroque sculpture waiting for restoration, Orangery, Wuerzburg Residence palace, Unesco World Heritage Site, Wuerzburg, Lower Franconia, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Sobrerrelieve en mármol negro de escena con varias mujeres.

Cupid Aiding Bacchus in Treading Vine. John G. Unnevehr (American, born Denmark, 1822 - 1893)

Marble statue of Arria and Poetus by Jean-Baptiste Theodon (1645-1713) and Pierre Lepautre (1659-1716) French sculptors. Dated 17th century.

Patzicia,Guatemala;Central America,Relief sculpture carved into a building

Napoli - Museo Nazionale. Ercole e Onfale. (Borgia.) , Antiquities, Bas-reliefs, Queens, Heroes, Omphale Greek mythology, Hercules Roman mythological character, Heracles Greek mythological character. Nicholas Catsimpoolas Collection

Champagne in the eighteenth century, bas-relief carved in chalk. .

Art History museum, Kunsthistorisches Museum. Theseus defeats the Centaur by Antonio Canova. Rome 1805 - 1819 marble. Vienna. Austria.

Image of the chamotte image produced by Jo Uitwaal above the access of the goods site of the N.S. station Roosendaal in Roosendaal.

Valkyries Lead the Warriors. Ernst Alpers (German, active Hannover, Germany about 1867)

Bronze relief depicting the founding of Marienbad, New Colonnade, Nova kolonada, Marianske Lazne, Karlovy Vary Region, Bohemia, Czech Republic, Europe

Grave Stele, Pentelic marble, found in Athens. 350-325 BC

Behistun inscription, Darius I, cuneiform script, ancient Persian, Elamic, Babylonian, key for deciphering the Babylonian cuneiform script, reproduction, rock massif near Bisutun, Kermanshah, Iran, Asia

, Badgasse - facade detail - relief, baptism of Jesus by John the Baptist in the Jordan, August Stauda -, photographer

Italy. Restauration. Victor Emmanuel I (1759-1824) return to Turín, 1814. Monument by Giacomo Spalla (1776-1834).

Departure Of The Volunteers Of 1792 (La Marseillaise) Francois Rude (1784-1855 French) Limestone Arc de Triomphe, Paris, France

Camille Delbos. "Sketch for the Alfortville school group: the Seine and the Marne framing the Arfortville coat of arms". Oil on canvas (greyness). 1898. Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris, Petit Palais. 123466-7

Italy. Rome. Arch of Septimius Severus. Commemorate the Parthian victories of Emperor Septimius Severus. Relief. Parthian prisoners. 203 AD. Roman Forum.

Loggia of David, 1534, Palazzo Te, pleasure palace, Mantua, Lombardy, Italy, Mantua, Lombardy, Italy, Europe

Replica of the sarcophagus of Layos. The original Paleo-Christian sarcophagus was found in Layos, province of Toledo, and is on display at the Frederic Marès Museum in Barcelona. Decorated in high relief with New and Old Testament scenes. From left to right: Raising of Lazarus, Sacrifice of Abraham, Miracle of Fishing and Loaves (Jesus is shown between St Peter and St Andrew), the figure of the prayerful or deceased person in the centre, Adam and Eve, and the Adoration of the Magi. Museum of Visigoth Councils and Culture. Toledo, Castile-La Mancha, Spain.

Cambodia, Angkor, Angkor Wat, East Gallery, Bas-Relief Scene Of The Churning Of The Ocean Of Milk, Apsaras Above

Le chant du Depart. Arc de l'Etoile. Unknown maker, French

Italy, Rome. Five-columns monument. 4th century AD. Decennalia base. Suovetaurilia relief (Western side) depicting a traditional animal sacrifice to the Gods of a boar, ram and bull in that order only. The attendant on the left is carrying the axe for the sacrifice. Roman Forum.

Triple-bodied Monster, know as Bluebeard. Pediment of the Hekatompedon of the Acropolis. 6th century BC. Acropolis Museum. Athens. Greece.

Lazio Roma Rome Palazzo Corsetti5. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 Views of 17th c. simple facade and courtyard withdetail views of mounted architectural and sculptural fragments. Interior views of coffers, painting, fresco painting, silver icon. Antiquities: Sculptural fragments General Notes: Views 111-152 are extracted from via di Monserrato sequence. 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.

Roman sarcophagus. About 180 AD. Goddess Athena, God Apollo and the nine Muses (goddesses of the inspiration of literature, science and the arts. Reliefs. Glyptothek. Munich. Germany.

Slab from sarcophagus of married couple with farewell scene and inscriptions praising deceased

Marble relief of three Tyches (Goddesses of Fortune). Circa 160 AD. 3 crowned and robed women, each representing a city, walk together. Part of the Borghese collection.

Sculptures of the foolish virgins in the cloister of St.Paulus Cathedral, Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Wailing woman sarcophagus from the royal necropolis of Sidon, Archaeological Museum, Istanbul, Turkey, Asia

Andrea Briosco, called Riccio, The Entombment, 1516 1520s The Entombment

A fragment of an ancient Greek or Roman stone frieze seen in Ephesus (near Izmir, Turkey) shows the figure of a female Amazon warrior as indicated by the bandaging over the left breast.

Elephant Carvings in the Plinth of Cenotaph of Maharaja Sawai Jey Sing sic, Jeypore. Lala Deen Dayal (Indian, 1844 - 1905)

SILLERIA BAJA DE LA CATEDRAL DE TOLEDO - TOMA DEL REINO DE GRANADA - MALAGA - 1489-1495 - GOTICO ESPAÑOL. Author: Rodrigo Aleman. Location: CATEDRAL-CORO BAJO. Toledo. SPAIN. FERNANDO EL CATOLICO (1452-1516) FERNANDO II ARAGO. FERNANDO II DE ARAGON (1452/1516) REY CATOLICO.

Pergamon Altar. 164-156 BC. Telephos Frieze. Detail. Telephos receiving weapons from Auge. Pergamon Museum. Berlin. Germany.

Jacob de Wit artwork from 1748 showing an allegory of painting with four putti in bas-relief style, drawn with brush in gray wash, white highlights, and graphite pencil on yellow-brown tinted paper.

The Appearance to Thomas. The Holy door of St. Peter's Basilica. Cast in bronze by Vico Consorti (1949). Rome. Italy.

Roman sarcophagus with six busts in the Musei Capitolini , Antiquities, Sculpture, Sarcophagi. Nicholas Catsimpoolas Collection

th, Karlskirche, relief on a triumphal column, Gerlach , Wiedling Buch- und Kunstverlag, publishing house

Roman Art. Italy. Ara Pacis Augustae. Processional frieze. Detail. Relief. Original North side. Dated 13th century BC. Museum of the Ara Pacis. Rome. Italy.

Victoria and Albert museum, London, U.K. Christ bearing his cross, detail of a plaster cast from a large oak altarpiece by Hans Bruggeman (about 1514-21)

Marble sarcophagus of prefect Tiberius Flavius Miccalus, from Kamaradere

Plaque with Priam and Achilles 1785-1795 Burslem. Stoneware (jasperware) . Wedgwood Manufactory (Manufacturer)

Italy. Rome. Ara Pacis Augustae. A goddess Tellus (Earth) sits amid a scene of fertility and prosperity with twins. Or Goddess Pax. 13-9BC.

Bliżej Kultury unknown

triptico con escenas de la vida y muerte de la virgen Maria, Paris, siglo XII, Fundación Calouste Gulbenkian, («Fundaçío Calouste Gulbenkian»), Lisboa...

Dessus-de-Porte of plaster with the presentation of three dancing and musician women. One of them wears a burning fire on a three -foot with rams heads. In frame of oak, anonymous, 1800 Dessus-de-Porte or upper door piece of plaster in a modern oak frame. Three dancing and music -female figures are shown in relief; One of the women wears a burning fire on a three -foot with ram heads. See also: BK-19957-33-A/B and d. Northern NetherlandsNetherlands wood (plant material). oak (wood). gypsum Dessus-de-Porte or upper door piece of plaster in a modern oak frame. Three dancing and music -female figures are shown in relief; One of the women wears a burning fire on a three -foot with ram heads. See also: BK-19957-33-A/B and d. Northern NetherlandsNetherlands wood (plant material). oak (wood). gypsum

four men (20-23) lean in a relaxed fashion on their staves in front of four divinities (24-27) seated on stools. Like the two men on the preceding block III, they are usually identified as the eponymous heroes, founders of the attic tribes

Sculpture. The Massacre of the Innocents. La Degollacion de los Inocentes. Madrid, San Fernando Academy. Author: JOSE GINES (1768-1823). Location: ACADEMIA DE SAN FERNANDO-ESCULTURA. MADRID. SPAIN.

A Fight Between Two Street Musicians, Pieter Jansz Quast, in or after 1628 - in or before 1629 Amsterdam terracotta (clay material) Amsterdam terracotta (clay material)

China, Beijing, Millenium Monument Museum. Wall sculpting of Qu Yuan - a national hero.

Fall of Jericho, Gates of Paradise by Ghiberti. Bronze door at the Florence Baptistery, Italy. Baptistery was created in 1100's. Bronze doors created early 1400's by Lorenzo Ghiberti.

Pietà early 16th century Workshop of Giovanni della Robbia Italian. Pietà. Workshop of Giovanni della Robbia (Italian, Florence 1469-1529/30 Florence). Italian, Florence. early 16th century. Terracotta, painted. Sculpture

Bulls being driven to sacrifice, depicted in part of the Parthenon friezes at the Parthenon/Acropolis museum, Athens

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