Classical Sculptural Reliefs

Remarkable reliefs and carvings representing mythological and historical themes, reflecting artistic achievements from ancient to medieval times.

Banquet scene. Roman period. Miletus.

DETALLE DEL PASAMANOS DE LA ESCALERA DE ACCESO A LA GALERIA ALTA - SIGLO XVI. Location: UNIVERSIDAD. SALAMANCA. SPAIN.

Bass-Relief in the Northern Gallery at Petworth House in West Sussex, United Kingdom. Petworth is a late 17th-century Grade I listed country house, rebuilt in 1688 by Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset, and altered in the 1870s to the design of the architect Anthony Salvin. Petworth is famous for its extensive art collection which include severals painting by Turner, Gainsborough and Titian. It also has an expansive deer park, landscaped by Capability Brown.

Horsemen depicted din a marble relief. Classical Period, 480-323 BC. Parthenon West Frieze

Woman with chain in her mouth fighting with fantastic beast, Romanesque capital in the cloister, San Pedro el Viejo Monastery, Huesca, Aragon community, Spain.

Sarcophagus of Hippolytus. About the myth of Hippolytus and Phaedra. Detail. 3rd century AD. Marble. From Tarraco, Spain. Tower of the Pretorius. National Archaeological Museum. Tarragona. Catalonia. Spain.

Terracotta Punic war elephant. Tunisia.

18th century bas-relief of the Chronos (God in Greek mythology) (personification of Time) by Johann Heinrich Meissner on the historic tenement house terrace in the Old Town of Gdansk, Poland, Europe

Roman Art - 2nd-3rd century - Relief depicting fights between gladiators and wild beasts from Gemyan (marmara Sea)

Basilica of St. Denis. Tomb of Francis 1 king of France and Claude of France. Foundation's low relief. Depiction of the siege of Carignan. Saint-Denis. France.

Aimé-Jules Dalou (1838-1902). "Stone tailors site". Patinated plaster, between 1895 and 1898. Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris, Petit Palais. Block, site, worker, patter patina, push, stonemason

Allegory of Virtues and Vices at the Court of Charles V ca. 1522 Hans Daucher German Early commentators identified some of the well-known historical figures that Hans Daucher carved so precisely on this honestone relief in the year 1522. Riding a horse, whose rich trappings are emblazoned with the arms of the house of Hapsburg, Holy Roman Emperor Charles V (1500-1558) leads his retinue across a bridge with laurel-crowned Emperor Maximilian I (1459-1519) at his side (symbolically, since Maximilian was recently deceased). Prints and medallions have aided in the identification of other figures. Standing behind the two emperors is Maximilian’s court jester Kunz von der Rosen; Count Palatine Frederick II rides the horse emerging from the gateway of the bridge tower; and Willibald Pirkheimer, the Nuremburg humanist and friend of artist Albrecht Dürer, strides among the equestriennes to the right of the tower.[1 In contrast with the orderly procession on the bridge, horsemen and knights

Furniture plaque carved in relief with a stag grazing among plants ca. 9th-8th century B.C. Assyrian 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 Museums collection are from the Aramaean town of Arslan Tash, ancient Hadatu, in northern Syria just east of the Euphrates River, close to the modern Turkish border. Fren

Czech Republic, South Moravia, Lednice, Detail of sculpture on the Lednice Castle facade. A UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Stone sculptures at the entrance to the Alhambra, Granada, Andalusia, Spain, Europe

Attic relief for Philostrate and Hippon. Athens, C. 350 BC. Marble. Funeray art. Road tomb. Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen, Denmark.

Infant Bacchants with Pipes, a Vase, and a Mask of Silenus. Dated: c. 1465/1471. Dimensions: overall: 4.45 x 8.06 cm (1 3/4 x 3 3/16 in.) gross weight: 46.98 gr (0.104 lb.). Medium: bronze//Dark brown patina. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Roman 15th Century.

A Lapith fighting a Centaur, Parthenon Frieze; Athens

Funerary relief representing the God Yarhibol the sun symbol and two eagles on his sides, from the Valley of the Tombs, Syria. Roman Civilisation, 1st Century.

Assyrian relief of Babylonian prisoners Assyrian relief of Babylonian prisoners, north palace in Nineveh, British museum, London, England, Great Britain Copyright: xZoonar.com/BartomeuxBalaguerxRotgerx 21335059

Relief of the myth of god Mithras. Cautes with torch. Rome, Tore Cervara. End 2nd c. AD-stard 3rd c.AD. National Roman Museum. Rome. Italy.

Roman stele of the cavalryman Lucius Romanus, of the Illyrian Dardani tribe, died aged 30, while serving with the Ala Afrorum. Dated in 80-90 AD. Found in Gedeon Street, Cologne, Germany. Detail of the bottom. Roman-Germanic Museum. Cologne. Germany.

Erotic carving, Great platform, Mahanavami dibba, Hampi, Vijayanagar, UNESCO World Heritage, Deccan plateau, Taluka Hospet, District Bellary, Karnataka, India Copyright: xMadhusudanxTawde/DinodiaxPhotox

Nymph and old satyr. Relief. From Herculaneum.1st century AD. National Archaeological Museum, Naples, Italy.

cast of a Neo-Hittite relief 8thC BC Royal Buttress, Gaziantep, Anatolia, Turkey. Excavated by Sir Charles Leonard Woolley and Thomas Edward Lawrence between 1911 and 1913.

Five Good Emperors, Relief representing the Emperor Hadrian (Publius Aelius Hadrianus, 76 - 138 A.D.) entering Rome through an arch erected by Emperor Antoninus Pius (Titus Aurelius Fulvus Boionius Arrius Antoninus, 86-161 A.D.) in his honour, imperial age

Panel from an Ivory Casket with the Story of Adam and Eve. Culture: Byzantine. Dimensions: Overall: 2 5/8 x 3 11/16 x 3/16 in. (6.7 x 9.3 x 0.5 cm). Date: 10th or 11th century.This panel is one from a series of scenes of the lives of Adam and Eve that originally decorated a small box. On this panel Adam and Eve, identified with Greek inscriptions, harvest grain; on the other panel they work at a metal forge (see 17.190.139). Two intact caskets that show similar scenes of Adam and Eve's toil also display Ploutos, the personification of wealth-a reminder to the owner of the treasure stored in the casket that prosperity is a gift from God and that God favors those who repent of their sins. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Grave of Ines de Castro, one of the most important sculptured graves of the middle ages. The monastery of Alcobaca, Mosteiro de Santa Maria de Alcobaca (UNESCO World Heritage Site). Portugal.

SPAIN - Tarragonès (district) - Catalonia - TARRAGONA. Museo Arqueológico, ninfa con cántaro (escultura romana)

Phidias (480-430 BC). Metope. Parthenon marble depicting part of the batlle between the Centaurs and the Lapiths (Centauromachy). 5th century BC. From the Acropolis of Athens. British Museum. London. United Kingdom.

Germany, Berlin, Altes Museum

Terracotta decorative relief with Apollo and Victory. Dated 1st Century

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

Turkey. Istanbul. Theodosius Obelisk. Pedestal. Emperor offering laurel of victory. 4th c. Hippodrome.

Museum Saragossa, archaeology and fine arts, Zaragoza, Saragossa, Expo 2008 city, Province of Aragon, Spain, Europe

Sarcophagus of Alexander III of Macedon (365-323 B.C.) King of the Ancient Greek kingdom of Macedon and a member of the Argead dynasty.

grabbing the hair in a possible fight, the girl with the braids roman capital, San Martín de Elines, Valderredible region, Cantabria, Spain.

Detail from the Parthenon Frieze. Greek marble sculpture, made between 443-438 BC. The full frieze shows a narrative procession of men, women & horses.

Firenze - Museo di S. Maria del Fiore - Putti nella Cantoira del Donatello , Sculpture, Putti. Nicholas Catsimpoolas Collection

Pan with Cupids ; c. 1670 ; Ivory in tortoiseshell frame ; by Johann Georg Kern

Seashell Boat with Infant Sea Nymphs Drawn by a Hippocamp and Dolphins.The identity of one of the most important ivory carvers in the 17th century is unknown, so he is named after his masterpieces, two reliefs dedicated to St Sebastian. In this small, humorous scene, his virtuoso style, technique and feeling for anecdotal detail finds full expression in the puttis contorted faces, their ‘spaghetti hair blowing in the wind and their soft, plump bodies.

Facing brick with standing deer and broken tree trunk, c. 1400 - c. 1950 Lying rectangle, the top edge of which has a half-circular bulge in the middle. The image has a standing deer on the right and a broken tree trunk on the left with a plant with a flower on the roots. From Singel No. 4. Netherlands (possibly) .

UK, England, London, British Museum, Centaur and Lapith fighting, South Metope, Parthenon

Heracles kills Alcyoneus. Metope with bas relief, 510 BC. Sanctuary of Hera Argiva, Mount of River Sele, Campania. Museum of Paestum.

Pediment and frieze from the treasury of the Siphnians. ca. 525 BC. Detail of the frieze. Scene of the war between Greek and Trojan. Archaic Greek art. Relief on marble. GREECE. CENTRAL GREECE. PHOCIS. Delphi. Delphi Museum.

Marble votive relief dedicated to goddess Artemis Bendis. Made in Athens about 400-375 BC. From Piraeus, Attica.

Roman frieze showing centaur, mythological creature with the head, arms, and torso of a human and the body and legs of a horse

Relief portraying scene from Parthian War, detail from Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus monument in Ephesus

Bas-reliefs trouvés à Mantinée en trois plaques , Antiquities, Bas-reliefs, Goddesses, Muses Greek deities. Nicholas Catsimpoolas Collection

Marble votive relief fragment of goddesses, mother, nurse, and infant. Culture: Greek. Dimensions: h. 10 1/2in (26.7cm); w. 8 9/16in. (21.7cm). Date: late 5th century B.C..Childbirth in antiquity often resulted in the death of both the mother and infant. This small relief, which shows the mother and child alive post-partum, was presumably an offering to a healing deity such as Asklepios or Hygieia, in thanks for protection during this particularly dangerous rite of passage. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Deposition 1800-1837 Italy. Marble . Antonio D'Este

Rock relief at Naqsh-e Rustam

Relief depicting Geometry. St Mary Street. Gdansk. Poland.

Italy, Calabria, Locri, Pinax depicting Persephone and Pluto, terracotta pots

Furniture plaque carved in relief with a striding, ram-headed sphinx supported by two kneeling figures ca. 9th-8th century B.C. Assyrian This rectangular plaque was found in a storeroom at Fort Shalmaneser, a royal building at Nimrud that was probably used to store tribute and booty collected by the Assyrians while on military campaign. It is carved in high relief with a winged, ram-headed sphinx striding to the right supported by the heads and upraised left palms of two kneeling male figures. The male figures raise their right hands with palms facing forward. A long, curving stalk with palmette flowers marks the center of the plaque, and a tree topped by volutes borders the scene on the right. A thin, raised border runs around the other three sides. The sphinxs eye is deeply drilled to receive an inlay of colored glass or semiprecious stone that has not survived. Two tenons, preserved above the upper and lower edges, indicate that this piece may have been fitted into a frame, likely

Relief, anonymous, 200 - 600 Episode from Buddha's life (departure from the paternal palace on the Horse Kantaka). Gandhara slate (rock) Episode from Buddha's life (departure from the paternal palace on the Horse Kantaka). Gandhara slate (rock)

Roman civilization, relief portraying gladiator fight, from Preturo, L'Aquila Province, detail

INDIA KHAJURAO KANDARIJA MAHADEVA TEMPLE Erotic Sculptures at the erotic Temple or Hindu Temple of Kandarija Mahadeva Temple in the city of Khajurao in Province Madhya Pradesh in India. India, Khajurao, April, 1998 Copyright: xZoonar.com/URSx 21819014

RELIEVE ROMANICO-EL PECADO ORIGINAL. Location: MUSEO CATEDRAL. SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA. A CORUÑA. SPAIN.

From the sarcophagus of the weepers, Imperial Ottoman Museum, Constantinople , Antiquities, Sarcophagi, Mourners Sarcophagus Sidon, Lebanon. Nicholas Catsimpoolas Collection

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

Roman relief depicting young man with horse, from the Hrian Villa at Tivoli, Rome Province, Italy, 2nd Century

Stone tablet relief image of Mercury and Rosmerta (The Celtic goddess). Shown here as the great provider. Found in the Roman Baths in Somerset, England. Circa 1st-4th century AD.

Roman sarcophagus. 240-250 AD. The Labours of Hercules. Ludovisi Collection. The struggle against the hind of Ceryneia. National Roman Museum. Palazzo Altemps.

Figures on Roman grave stone in Konya, Turkey

Pedagogue's sarcophagus. Relief depicting a teacher with his students. 3rd century A.C. National Archaeological Museum. Tarragona. Catalonia. Spain.

Funerary urn. 3rd-2nd c. BC. Relief depicting a hero fighting against the Persians. Etruscan art. Relief on rock. SPAIN. MADRID (AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY). Madrid. National Museum of Archaeology. Proc: ITALY. TUSCANY. SIENA. Chiusi.

Plaster cast of a metal emblema of Isis-Tyche 2nd half of the 3rd century - 2nd century B.C Egyptian This plaster cast of a central medallion in high relief once adorned the interior of a silver vessel, probably a deep bowl. It preserves a representation of the syncretic deity Isis-Tyche that is unique in its number and combination of attributes, namely the knotted dress of Isis, a cornucopia, wings, and armor. Interestingly, the helmet and shield on which the figure rests point to an association with the goddess Athena. High quality plaster casts such as this one provide us with a rare glimpse into the market of luxury goods and the history of collecting in antiquity.. Plaster cast of a metal emblema of Isis-Tyche 259138

Tuscany Grosseto Massa Marittima S. Cerbono (Duomo)52. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 Medieval: Architecture, architectural sculpture (13th-early 14th century); Fresco (14th century); Panels/Crucifix (14th century); pascal candle; sculpture including the Arca di S. Cerbone; architectural relief (c. 1267); Tabernacle (mid-14th century). Post-medieval: Paintings, fresco (14th century), sculpture Antiquities: Relief 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.

Poll photo collection. Reproduction photography. Photo of a relief of a fourspan on the Frisian of the Erechtheion on the Acropolis. undated. Athens, Greece

Relief, man with grapes, Stadttheater Freiburg theatre, built in 1905 in neo-baroque style, Bertoldstrasse street 46, Freiburg, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

SILLAR DE ESQUINA: RELIEVE DE FLAUTISTA. IBERICO. (DEPOSITO: MUSEO ARQUEOLOGICO NACIONAL).

Germanisches Museum. Altarpiece from the Chapel of Nuremberg Zwolfbruderhaus. The last Judgment. The blessed and the damned. 16 th century. Nuremberg. Germany.

Foundation tympanum from the former monastery church of the Norbertine Saint. Trinity and Miss Maria (currently parish), Strzelno Cross (Fl. 1850 18 ..)

Benevento, Campania, Italy: the Roman Arco di Traiano, historic monument with sculptures, at morning

Ashurbanipal hunting lion. Relief. Neo-Assyrians. Palace, Nineveh, Irak. 645-635 BC. British Museum. London.

Corbel. Culture: German or South Netherlandish. Dimensions: Overall: 15 x 20 1/2 x 12 3/4in. (38.1 x 52.1 x 32.4cm). Date: early 15th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Marble sarcophagus with the myth of Endymion mid-2nd century A.D. Roman Found on the Via Ardeatina, on the outskirts of RomeThe myth of Endymion, a beautiful shepherd who was so loved by the moon goddess Selene that she gave him eternal youth with eternal sleep, became a popular funerary motif in Roman art. Here, the moon goddess alights from her chariot to visit her reclining lover. Both this sarcophagus and another that faces the open area with a fountain in the courtyard, are decorated with this subject. It isinteresting to compare the relief technique; on this mid-second century A.D. work, the relief is shallow, while the other sarcophagus, dated to the early third century, has deep carving with strong light and dark effects created by much use of the running drill.. Marble sarcophagus with the myth of Endymion. Roman. mid-2nd century A.D.. Marble. Antonine. Stone Sculpture

Funerary relief. Vettius and his wife in the act the dextrarum iunctio with 2 smaller busts. Augustan Age. Rome. Via Tiburtina. National Roman Museum. Baths of Diocletian. Rome. Italy.

Delphi, Phocis. Greece. Treasury of the Siphnians,530-480BC. East Frieze representing the batlle of Troy. Detail of Troyan. Delphi Archaeological museum. Greece.

Outer wall of Ramachandra temple embellished with carvings in Hampi, Karnataka, India Copyright: xMxAmirtham/DinodiaxPhotox

Roman sarcophagus decorated with reliefs. Family scene. Slave girl showing a baby to a married couple. At both ends of the sarcophagus two putti are represented. Aphodisias Museum. Turkey.

(Detail) relief from the Apadana, large hypostyle great audience hall at Persepolis. Persepolis was the ceremonial capital of the Achaemenid Empire (ca. 550330 BC). It is situated 60 km northeast of the city of Shiraz in Fars Province, Iran.

At the right of the east frieze the north part of the procession comes to an end with two marshals, the first receiving two women and the second receiving another two and clad in pepios, himation and sandals without holding anything. The girl holds an omphalos phiale while the girl beside her turns towards the next girl so as to help her carry an incense burner. This must have been the time when many of the heads of the figures were cut off.

Roman civilization. Stele of Publius Londigiano (carpenter on ship). Detail depicting building of ship

PILA CALIFAL DEL SIGLO X. Location: MUSEO ARQUEOLOGICO-COLECCION. CORDOBA. SPAIN.

Greece. 5th century BC. Funerary stele marble. Relief with a Young offers bird with left hand to child kneeling who's standing to take it. Memorial was erected by parents of two brothers Mnesagora and Nikochares. Found in Vari (Attica). Dated around 420 B.C. National Archaeological Museum. Athens.

Delphi, Greece. Treasury of the Sikyonian. Myth of the Dioskouroi and Apharidae. Kastor and Polydeukes and Ias Idas (Apharidae twins) leading cattle as booty from thier raid on Arcadia. 560 BC: Delphi Archaeological museum. Greece.

Relief fragment ofHekate

Roman Art. Relief of sarcophagus. Child writing on wax tablet with a Styli. Vatican Museum. City of the Vatican.

The Triumph of Silenus. Gerard van Opstal; Flemish, c. 1597-1668. Date: 1655-1665. Dimensions: 36.8 × 53.3 cm (14 1/2 × 21 in.). Marble. Origin: France. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

SARCOFAGO DEL ABAD APARICIO. (DEPOSITO: MUSEO ARQUEOLOGICO NACIONAL).

Design for a flower standard, Eugène Lacomblé, 1800 - 1950 clay clay

Carved reliefs of rams from Asia Minor on the Apadana palace staircase, Persepolis, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Iran, Middle East

Sarcophagus, Perge, Roman period, Archaeological Museum, Antalya, Turkey, Antalya, Turkey, Asia

TRITON - FRONTON DEL ANTIGUO TEMPLO DE ATENEA EN LA ACROPOLIS DE ATENAS - 560-550 AC. Location: MUSEO DE LA ACROPOLIS. ATHENS. GREECE.

Fragment of a marble replica of the shield of Athena Parthenos. From Athens, 3rd century AD. The Parthenon housed a colossal gold and ivory statue by Phidias of Athena Parthenos. We know that the exterior of Athena's shield showed the battle between Greeks and Amazons, and the interior, the battle between Gods and Giants. On this small- scale replica shelf the battle with the Amazons is carved in Relief.

Louis Oscar Roty (1846-1911). Medal plate. Fresnes prison. Metal, bronze. Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris, Petit Palais. 57549-16 Avers, baby woman, bronze, child, family, metal, numismatics, visiting room, medal plate, prison fresnes, prisoner, visit, visit,

Ancient Roman stone stele from Byblos, National Museum, Beirut, Beyrouth, Lebanon, Middle East, West Asia, Asia

5341, Detail of sculpture The Nijl, photograph, photo, photos, NILO M. Vat., height mm, width mm, photographer, 1860 - 1880, third quarter 19th century, fourth quarter 19th century, paper, photographic paper, photo paper, cardboard, albumen print

GREEK ART. The twelve work of Heracles. Fourth work: to capture Erymanthian Boar. Votive relief representing Heracles with boar on his shoulders. Late sixth century B.C. Located in Athens, near Teseion. National Archaeological Museum. Athens.

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