Roman Imperial Sculptural Reliefs

Ancient marble reliefs depicting mythological narratives and scenes from Roman life, showcasing classical artistry from the 2nd century AD.

Priest Consulting the Oracle Sculpture/Relief Museo Guarnacci, Volterra, Italy

Art of Ancient Rome, Classical sculpture, Marble , circa 2nd century AD, Russia, St. Petersburg, State Hermitage, 56x233

Shepherd with a dead beast on his back, adolescent with chlamys, horse and spear. Sarcophagus, ca.180. Cemetery, Pisa, Italy.

Sarcophagus with representations of drunken Dionysus and Ariadne. Luni marble. 160-180 AD. Rome. Via Appia. National Roman Museum (Baths of Diocletian). Rome. Italy.

Greek art. Munich Votive Relief. About 200 BC. In a idyllic landscape a family about to make a sacrifice approaches the god, seated on a throne, and his companion. Glyptothek. Munich. Germany.

Ara Casali. Altar dedicated by Tiberius Claudius Faventinus. Scene: Judgement of Paris. 2nd C. AD. Octogonal Court. Vatican Museums.

Priest Consulting the Oracle Sculpture/Relief Museo Guarnacci, Volterra, Italy

Etrurian art. Alabaster funerary urn. Scene legend abduction of Helen on the ship of the Trojan prince, Paris. (War Troy). 2nd century BC. Italy. Louvre Museum. Paris. France.

Sarcófago de Hipólito, siglo III. Museum: TORRE DEL PRETORIO.

Marble sarcophagus with relief depicting life of Ariadne at Naxos, detail of Ariadne asleep, protected by Hypnos, god of sleep, from Alexandria

Combat between Romans and Barbarians (Celts), 2nd cent. AD. Relief sculpture. Romano-British ENGLAND.

"Psyche Receiving Nectar from Hebe in the Presence of Celestial Love" by John Gibson. Unknown maker

Marble sarcophagus, relief with scenes from Old and New Testament

Lazio Roma Grottaferrata Museo55. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 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.

escena de iniciacion con descubrimiento de falo, I antes de Cristo, arcilla con restos de policromia, Italia, coleccion Campana.

Sarcophagus. Drunken Dionysus held up by a Satyr and the Seasons. Marble. 4th century AD. Detail of farmers. Unknown provenance. National Roman Museum ( Baths of Diocletian). Rome, Italy.

Sarcophagus with representations of drunken Dionysus and Ariadne. Luni marble. 160-180 AD. Rome. Via Appia. National Roman Museum (Baths of Diocletian). Rome. Italy.

Detail of a relief , from the Pergamon Altar, reconstructed in the Pergamon Museum in Berlin. The Pergamon Altar as reconstructed in the Pergamon Museum in Berlin, a monumental construction built during the reign of Greek King Eumenes II in the first half of the 2nd century BC in the ancient Greek city of Pergamon in Asia Minor.

Mausoleum at Halicarnassus. 353-350 BC. Tomb for Mausolus, satrap in the Persian Empire. Amazonomachy. Eastern facade. From Turkey. British Museum, London, United Kingdom.

Glienicke Castle with Pergola, Spolia and Ornaments in Berlin Wannsee, Berlin, Germany 1020925597

detail from the Column of Marcus Aurelius (Barbarian Embassy) circa 180-192 A.D.

Roman art. Triton Nymph and marine creatures. Flavian era. Octogonal couryard. Vatican Museums. Vatican city.

Flight to Egypt, relief on portal of Saint Petronius Basilica in Bologna, Italy

Sarcophagus decorated with grape harvesting Cupids. Marble. 160 AD. Rome. National Roman Museum. Baths of Diocletian. Rome. Italy.

Detail of a Roman sarcophagus of a young man. Artist: Unknown

detail from the statue of Augustus Prima Porta from the Villa Livia; near Rome 20 B.C.

Slab from a frieze of the Mausoleum showing a battle between Lapiths and Centaurs Found built into the walls of the castle of St Peter, Bodrum about 350 BC The Centaurs were invited to the wedding of the Lapith king Perithoos, but they became inebriated and tried to carry off the Lapith women.

Hadrian (Publius Aelius Hadrianus) (76-138). Roman emperor (117-138). Nerva-Antonine dynasty. Detail of the body of an armored statue of emperor Hadrian, showing the goddess Athena and the She-Wolf of Rome. Museum of the Ancient Agora. Athens, Greece.

Gallo-Roman Endymion sarcophagus. Endymion sleeping, detail from a scene with the legend of Endymion and Selene. Panel of a marble sarcophagus, early 3rd century AD. Found in 1806 at Saint-Médard d'Eyrans, France

Urn (150-200) decorated with a relief depicting the deceased marriage with Aphrodite (center) writing their names on a shield held by Eros. On the right, Bellerophon with Pegasus. Dokimeion marble. Found in Megisti. Greece.

Greek funerary stele with child holding a bird (4th - 3rd cent. BC). Marble bas relief. Greek culture. Archeology Museum of Catalonia.

Hecate and giants, Roman relief. Artist: Unknown

Marble slab portraying Three Graces

Columned sarcophagus. Euthios and Pyrrhon (Asian Archon). Roman period. 3rd cent. Laodicea. Private live. Hierapolis Museum. Turkey.

Roman sarcophagus. Dionysiac ceremonial procession. Mable. 160-180 AD. Tomb on via Aurelia Antica, Rome. National Roman Museum (Baths of Diocletian). Rome. Italy.

Some reliefs repressing religius episodes. Certosa di Pavia Some Reliefs Representing Religius episodes. Certosa di Pavia, Lombardy. Italy

Sarcophagus with Dionysiac ceremonial procession on the front and on the sides. 160-180 AD. Rome. National Roman Museum. Baths of Diocletian. Rome. Italy.

SARCOFAGO DE HELLIN, PRECEDENTE DE ALBACETE. DEPOSITO: ACADEMIA DE LA HISTORIA.

Delphi, Treasury of the Siphnians. Combat of the gods and giants shown as hoplites, 525 BC. Greek Classical relief GREECE.

Statues around the 18th Century Peles Castle, Sinaia, Romania, Eastern Europe

Sacrifice to Hercules, Gaspar van der Hagen, active 1747-died 1769, Flemish

Marble sarcophagus with relief depicting life of Ariadne at Naxos, detail of Ariadne asleep, protected by Hypnos, god of sleep, from Alexandria

Funerary relief depicting a young princess on the triclinium and a servant, from the Valley of the Tombs, Syria. Roman Civilization 2rd-3nd Century.

Roman Art. Relief of sarcophagus. Representation of child with theatrical mask. Vatican Museums. City of the Vatican. Europe.

Maundering of Zeus with Hera, Metophen of the Tempesl Selinunte, Museo Archeologico Regionale Antonino Salinas, Collection of Etruscan, Roman, Egyptian and Greek Works, Palermo, Palermo, Sicily, Italy, Europe

The Bassae Frieze comprises a series of relief marble sculptures from the Temple of Apollo Epikourios at Bassae, Greece. It was discovered in 1811 by Carl Haller and Charles Cockerell. From the style of the frieze it belongs to the High Classical period, probably carved around 400 BC.

Relief. Pentheus in torn apart by Bacchantes. 2nd century AD. Musei Reali. Archaelogical Museum. Turin. Italy.

Marble slab representing dispute between Apollo and Heracles for Delphi tripod

Marbel grave stele of a young woman. Greek. Attic, ca. 400-390 B.C. Metropolitan Museum of Art. Ny. USA.

L.della Robbia /Dancing Children/ Relief

Roman Art. Relief of a sarcophagus depicting the myth of Endymion and Selene. 2nd century. Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York. United States.

Sarcophagus with Cupids making and carrying weapons. Marble. 2nd century AD. Antonine Age. Rome. National Roman Museum (Baths of Diocletian). Rome. Italy.

Paleo-Christian sarcophagus with the scene of the abduction of Proserpina, 4th century, Church of Sant Feliu, Gerona, Catalonia, Spain.

The Children's Sarcophagus (Detail) Artist Unknown Istanbul, Turkey

Grande Ludovisi sarcophagus, front marble relief depicting battle between Romans and Ostrogoths, detail, fighting scene

On the Way to Valhalla; Ernst Alpers (German, active Hannover, Germany about 1867); Hanover, Germany; 1867; Albumen silver print

Relief of polo players, Cham art, My Son style dating from the 10th century, Danang Museum, Vietnam, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Two-sided relief of Mithra, Indo-Iranian god of friendship and guardian of cosmic order, Banquet of sun, symbol of victory of light over forces of evil, From Rome, Detail

Imperial Family Statue Empero Tiberius Ara Pacis Altar of Augustus Peace, Rome, Italy. Monument to Emperor Augustus Caesar built 9 Bc

Pentelic marble west frieze of the Parthenon by Phidias, bas-relief depicting horsemen during Panathenaic procession, 445-438 B.C.

South Africa, Africa, Pretoria, Voortrekker Memorial, Monument

Funerary altar. Marble. Roman cuople joining hands (dextrarum iunctio). She, in stola and palla, he in toga. 40-50 CE. Rome. Claudian era. National Roman Museum. Rome. Italy.

Ancient carvings, Athens, Greece.

Statues of Claudius and Agrippina, Aphrodisias Museum, Aphrodisias, Aydin province, Aegean region, Turkey, Asia

Altar of Mars and Venus, by Unknown artist, 53 - 117,, Luni Marble. Italy. Lazio. Rome. Palazzo Massimo alle Terme. Sala V - inv. 324. View of a side depicting cupids playing with the arms of Mars Cupid garlands ram altar from the arcade of Palace of the Corporazioni in Ostia (1880) - State of preservation of many breaks and cracks, fragmentary protomorphic rams

Italy. Ravenna. Traditio Legis. Sarcophagus from S. Giovanni Battista. Early 5th c. St. Paul. National Museum. Ravenna.

Monumental tomb. Sarcophagus. Roman period. Cladius Era. 1st century. Hierapolis Archaeology Museum. Turkey. Detail.

Detail of Grande Ludovisi sarcophagus with marble relief depicting battle between Romans and Dacians

Poseidon, Apollo, and Artemis. Parthenon frieze. Ca. 445 BC. Marble, (Acropolis Museum)

Iran, Tehran, Sa'd Abad Palace Complex, royal summer residence during the Pahlavi period, Green Palace, Shahvand Palace

Tomb relief, found in Acia Triada , Antiquities, Bas-reliefs, Tombs & sepulchral monuments. Nicholas Catsimpoolas Collection

Fragmentary Muse Sarcophagus; about A.D. 210; Marble, bluish-grained; 49.5 x 63 cm (19 1,2 x 24 13,16 in.)

Antike griechische Friese Antike griechische Friese im Archäologischen Museum von Delphi, Weltkulturerbe der UNESCO in Delphi, Griechenland Ancient Frieze at Delphi Archaeological Museum, UNESCO World Heritage Site in Delphi, Greece *** Ancient Greek frieze Ancient Greek frieze at Delphi Archaeological Museum, UNESCO World Heritage Site in Delphi, Greece Ancient Frieze at Delphi Archaeological Museum, UNESCO World Heritage Site in Delphi, Greece

LONDON, UK - NOVEMBER 6 : Allegorical sculpture on the pedestal of the Monument in London on November 6, 2012

Relief depicting Muhammad and The Roman Emperor Justinian. US Supreme Court, Washington DC. USA

Marble sarcophagus with reliefs depicting Meleager's death, 180 a.d. circa, detail of women taking lit torches

SPAIN - Tierra Estella (district) - NAVARRA. Estella, Igl. Santo Sepulcro, pórtico septentrional, friso, Camino de Santiago

Sculptural frieze of the cloister of the cathedral of Girona, 12th century, Girona, Catalonia, Spain.

Paleo-Christian sarcophagus with the scene of the Susana caste, 4th century, Church of Sant Feliu, Gerona, Catalonia, Spain.

Detail of the Stabian Baths, Pompeii, Campania, Italy, Europe

Poseidon, Apollo and Artemis, 447-432 BC. Artist: Unknown

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

SEPULCRO DEL CARDENAL TAVERA - DETALLE. Author: ALONSO BERRUGUETE (1488-1561). Location: HOSPITAL TAVERA-HOSPITAL DE SAN JUAN BAUTISTA. Toledo. SPAIN.

God's chosen people procession to Paradise, detail from Scenes from the life of Christ, Stories from the New Testament, bas-reliefs by Lorenzo Maitani (before 1275-1330), fourth pillar, facade of Orvieto cathedral, Umbria, Italy, 13th-14th century.

Elektrozavodskaya, Moscow Metro station on the Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya Line. Built as part of the third stage of the Moscow Metro and opened on 15 May 1944 during World War II, the station is one of the iconic symbols of the Soviet era transport system. The station's legacy was that it serves as a bridge between the pre-war Art Deco-influenced Stalinist architecture

Justice depicted on a decorative relief on the base of the Campanile in St Mark's Square, Venice, Italy.

Alabaster urn with relief depicting the trip to hell on horseback, Etruscan civilization

Relief depicting Babylonian Ruler Hammurabi next to Hebrew prophet Moses. US Supreme Court, Washington DC. USA.

Relief from the Nereid Monument is a sculptured tomb from Xanthus in classical period Lycia, Turkey. It took the form of a Greek temple on top of a base decorated with sculpted friezes, and is thought to have been built in the early fourth century BC as a tomb for Arbinas, the Xanthian dynast who ruled western Lycia

Sacrifice to Mars and registering of citizens, Domitius Ahenobarbus relief, 100 BC, Republican Period.

Marble stele (grave marker) of a Lysistrate. Attic, ca. 350-325 BC. Inscribed on the epistyle, Lysistrate Panathenais. Metropolitan Museum of Art. Ny. USA.

Grave Stele of Mynnia; Unknown; Greece (Attica); about 370 B.C.; Marble; Object: H: 97.8 x W: 43.8 x D: 5.1 cm (H: 38 1/2 x W: 17 1/4 x D: 2 in.)

Roman sarcophagus. Early Christian. 4th c. Detail. Jesus healing blind man. Vatican Museums. Vatican City State.

Taller neoático / 'Sarcophagus with the story of Achilles and Polyxena (Fragment)'. Mid-IIIcentury. White marble. Museum: Museo del Prado, Madrid, España.

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

detail from the Column of Marcus Aurelius (Barbarian Embassy) circa 180-192 A.D.

Sacrifice to Hercules, Gaspar van der Hagen, active 1747-died 1769, Flemish, active in Britain (from ca. 1744), ca. 1766, Marble relief, Overall: 24 x 28 15/16 inches (61 x 73.5 cm), altar, apples, cup, fire, Greek architecture, laurel, men, Nemean lion, nude, religious and mythological subject, sacrifice, statue, wine, wreath

Personification of the Nile River. Fragment of a marble sculptured slab for decoration. 2nd century AD. Probably from a temple of Serapis. Nikyup (Nicopolis ad Istrum), Veliko Tarnovo region, Bulgaria. National Archaeological Museum. Sofia. Bulgaria.

Scenes of the Last Judgment, Stories of the Apocalypse, bas-reliefs by Lorenzo Maitani (before 1275-1330) and assistants, fourth pillar, facade of Orvieto cathedral, Umbria, Italy, 13th-14th century.

Stone Byzantine figures in the base of the Egyptian Obelisk, Istanbul, Turkey

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