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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.
Banquet scene. Roman period. Miletus.
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Roman art. Bas-relief. Boy with a horse, probably Castor taming his horse, acompanied by a dog. Found in the pantanella of Hadrian's Villa at Tivoli. 125 AD. British Museum. London. England. United Kingdom.
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Carnelian cylinder seal of Mushezib-Ninurta, Neo-Assyrian, from northern Iraq, 9th century BC. Artist: Unknown
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Drawing by an anonymous artist showing the entry of Emperor Sigismund, executed with ink and pen on paper sections mounted on a composed canvas strip.
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Gilded 19th century replica of the Parthenon frieze. Depicting a man and a boy with a robe held between them, as two people sit and converse The Frieze was a relief in pentelic marble, created to adorn the upper part of the Parthenons naos. It was sculpted between c. 443 and 438 BC, most likely under the direction of Phidias.
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The Visitation, Adriaen van Wesel, c. 1475 - c. 1477 The meeting takes place in a landscape with a gate on the left and a rocky hill on the right, between which a fence consisting of braided twigs. From the right Maria comes across the path, which winds from the cavity of the rocky hill; The left knee is slightly forward, both hands have been lifted, the gaze is directed downwards. Elisabeth is approaching her with large steps from the open door and has already extended the arms for embracing. Maria is wearing a dress with a round neck, which seems to continue under her feet and gives her a slightly floating position. A cloak from the shoulders hangs down to the floor over the rug; Her veil slipped off the head and folds around the hair at the neck. Elisabeth has wrapped her cloak around the waist, wears a child corner and a high -fitting headdress, where the headscarf confirmed by a band is beaten, a point of which is blown. The gate shows tilt and a blind window tracing on one side.
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Statuettes of Castor and Pollux in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY. Marble Roman, first half 3rd century AD. In myth, the twins shared the same mother but had different fathers (immortal Zeus and motel Tyndareus). Pollux was immortal and Castor was mortal. When Castor was killed, Pollux asked Zeus to let him share his own immortality with his twin to keep them together and they were transformed into the Gemini constellation. The pair were regarded as the patrons of sailors, to whom they appeared as St. Elmos fire.
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Erotica sculpture of Khajuraho temple, Madhya Pradesh, India Copyright: xArunxMishra/DinodiaxPhotox
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Relieve de unos bastaixos, situado en el interior de la iglesia de Santa María del Mar de Barcelona, siglo XIV.
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Figure on the fountain in Piazza dell'Unita d'Italia (Italy's Unity Square), Trieste, Friuli Venezia Giulia, Italy, Europe
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Kalvarienberg Calvary, thirteenth century, polychrome limestone, Ciergues hospital, Girona art museum, Girona, Catalonia, Spain Copyright: xZoonar.com/Tolox 22282929
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Marble relief depicting a horseman from ancient Greece. Dated 4th Century BC
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Italy. Rome. Arch of Constantine. 4th century. Erected by the Senate in honor of Emperor Constantine after his victory over Maxentius at the Battle of Milvian Bridge (312). Latin inscription.
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Romanesque art in the National Art Museum of Catalonia,Barcrelona,capitals of Santa Maria de Besalú (XII century AC).
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Early Christian art. Italy. Relief depicting Jesus in a boat with John, Luke and Mark coming from a sarcophagus. 4th AD. Original in the Vatican Museums. Plaster copy in Museum of Roman Civilization. Rome. Italy.
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Relief portraying wineseller
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Marble tombstone, found in Delos A nude youth taking an oil flask from a boy attendant, About 375 BC Given by W Rooke,1825
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Erotic Sculpture, Khajuraho, India. c950-1050. (20th century). The artist is unknown.
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Roman relief depicting Three Nymphs. 1st century AD. Marble. Dedicated to the Nymphs on the Island of Ischia by Pholia. The State Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg. Russia.
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Roman half relief, ox cart with wine barrels, at the Afrawald, Roman Augsburg, Augsburg, Swabia, Bavaria, Germany, Europe
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Daniel-Dupuis. "The source". Plaster. Paris, Carnavalet museum. Female allegory, allegorical figure
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Bacchic Scene. Flemish. Date: 1625-1675. Dimensions: 7.6 × 14/3 cm (3 × 5 5/8 in.). Ivory. Origin: Flanders. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.
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Statues of Augustus and Victoria at front, Aphrodisias Museum, Aphrodisias, Aydin province, Aegean region, Turkey, Asia
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Stone masks at the theatre, Ostia Antica, Rome, Italy, Europe
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Italy, Lazio, Rome, Aventine Hill, church of San Saba, sarcophagus detail.
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Female bust and male Carthaginian figure Female bust and male Carthaginian figure, 450-425 BC, Archaeological Museum of Ibiza and Formentera, Spain Copyright: xZoonar.com/Tolox 23005141
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Reconstruction of the west pediment of the Parthenon according to a drawing by K. Schwerzek (1896) Acropolis museum, Athens. the contest between Athena and Poseidon during their competition for the honour of becoming the city's patron. Athena and Poseidon appear at the centre of the composition, diverging from one another in strong diagonal forms, with the goddess holding the olive tree and the god of the sea raising his trident to strike the earth. At their flanks, they are framed by two active groups of horses pulling chariots, while a crowd of legendary personalities from Athenian mythology fills the space out to the acute corners of the pediment.
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Turkey. Aphrodisias. Roman sarcophagus decorated with the busts of two spouses. Anatolia.
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Grave relief. Local, Macedonian Marble. Found at Sandanski, formerly Agioi Anargyroi, in southern Bulgaria. Depiction of the busts of a family of four. The relief was discovered on a site on which a Christian church was built in the 19th century. The villagers interpreted the figures of the two children as Saints Kosmas and Damian, the Agioi Anargyroi, and incised the inscriptions next to the two children. Between them is recorded the date of the foundation of the church. The grave relief dates from the middle of the 3rd century AD.
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Virgin and Child ca. 1471-74 Mino da Fiesole (Mino di Giovanni) Italian. Virgin and Child 199056
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Two Putti Supporting a Torch. Flemish. Date: 1620-1640. Dimensions: 35.2 × 27.9 × 7.3 cm (13 7/8 × 11 × 2 7/8 in.). Terracotta on slate. Origin: Netherlandish. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.
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Sculpture, by Andrea da Pontedera known as Andrea Pisano, 1334 - 1336, 14th Century, marble. Italy: Tuscany: Florence: Opera di Santa Maria del Fiore Museum. Detail. Marble scene study sculpture man statue scalpel tools hammer
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Plaque from a Portable Altar: Christ and the Apostles, 1050-1100. Germany, Lower Rhine Valley, Romanesque period, 11th century. Walrus ivory; overall: 5.1 x 16.5 cm (2 x 6 1/2 in.). These intricately carved ivory panels once decorated the sides of a portable altar. Three of the plaques, those depicting Christ in Majesty and his apostles, were the first major acquisition of William M. Milliken, the museum's first curator of decorative arts and later director (1930-1958). As Milliken later recalled, the pieces "were immensely intriguing, monumental in scale, even if tiny in size, the Christ in the mandorla could have been enlarged and would have graced the tympanum of a great cathedral."
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Volterra Tuscany Italy. Guarnacci Museum of Etruscan Artifacts. Cinerary Urns Volterra Tuscany Italy. Guarnacci Museum of Etruscan Artifacts. Cinerary Urns Copyright: xZoonar.com/MarcoxBriviox 21890516
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Altar stone consecrated to the goddess Juno. Marble. 1st century. Augusta Emerita, Mérida, Badajoz. Archaeological Museum, Madrid. Spain.
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Dexiosis-relief of Mithridates or Antiochos and Herakles, Site III, Arsameia on the Nymphaios or Eski Kale, Commagene, Nemrut Dagi National Park, Kahta, Adiyaman province, Southeastern Anatolia Region, Anatolia, Turkey, Asia
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Sepulchral monument of two brothers. Second half of 1st century BC. Imperial era. Marble.The state Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg. Russia.
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Depiction of an Amazonomachy. Detail of the frieze from the grave monument of Nikeratos and his son Polyxenos. Found in Kallithea. Ca. 330 BC. Archaeological Museum of Piraeus. Greece.
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Romulus and Remus, c500 BC. Artist: Unknown
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Lápida vexilatio de Empúries. Museum: Museu d'Arqueologia de Catalunya, Empúries.
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Big stone book Gal Pota in Polonnaruwa, Sri Lanka
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Lintel of the Roman theater of the city, in honor of the aedil Lucius Aemilius Rectus who financed the reform of the same one. Detail. Late 1st century-early 2nd century AD. Marble. From Carthago Nova (Cartagena, Region of Murcia, Spain). National Archaeological Museum. Madrid. Spain.
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Alexander Sarcophagus, Istanbul Archaeology Museum, Sarayburnu, Istanbul, European side, Istanbul Province, Turkey, European side, Europe
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Émile Séraphin Vernier (Parijs 1852 - Parijs 1927), Playmette Hyméneé, rectangular with round top, wedding medal plaque medal medal image silver, Rectangular silver plaque with round upper, HYMENEE signature S.E. VERNIER Rotterdam Delfshaven Middelland Heemraadssingel marriage From house at Heemraadssingel Rotterdam.
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The emperor's body guard. Rome. First half of 1st century AD. A little sepulchral slab dedicated by Faustina Iulia to the slave Romanus Iulis the emperor`s body guard. National Roman Museum. Baths of Diocletian. Rome. Italy.
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Tombstone of Tiberius Claudius Halotus, limestone, cm 77x212x29, Romano-Germanic Museum (Roemisch-Germanisches Museum), Colonia Agrippina, Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Roman civilization, 1st century AD.
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ara funeraria de Martialis, caliza rosada, siglo III, originalmente en la puerta de Alfama de Lisboa, museo de Evora,Evora,Alentejo,Portugal, europa.
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Wall Plaque with Face Carvings, Cesis Medieval Town within Gauja National Park