Ancient Sculptural Heads

A series of ancient terracotta and marble sculptural heads representing deities and figures from different cultures, showcasing intricate details and historical significance.

Greek Art. Albania, Bust of Apollo. Found during the excavations of nymphaeum of Butrint. II century a. C. Ruins of Butrint Museum.

Head of a Woman. Egypt, Alexandria, 1st - 2nd century CE. Sculpture. Terracotta

Monumental Bodhisattva Head 5th century Pakistan (ancient region of Gandhara) This head comes from a scupture that would have been more than twelve feet tall and likely stood along the perimeter of a Buddhist sacred area enclosing a stupa. By the fourth and fifth centuries monumental imagery became increasingly popular in Gandhara and was almost exclusively restricted to images of the Buddha. The bodhisattvas turban and jewelry might indicate that he is a rare image of Shakyamuni prior to enlightenment. Alternatively, the bodhisattva may have attended the Buddha as part of a massive triad.. Monumental Bodhisattva Head 38544

Alexander the Great as a god with ram's horns and an elephant's skin over the back of his head. Roman copy of a Greek original. Marble. From Carthage or Utica in Tunisia, AD 150-250.

Marble head of a deity wearing a Dionysiac fillet ca. A.D.14-68 Roman Copy of a Greek work of the 2nd century B.C.Although the back and neck are sheared away, the remaining surface of this head is in exceptionally good condition, retaining red pigment on the eyes, lips and fillet, and traces of gilding in the hair. Other Roman copies of this work are known, as well as an extremely fine marble head found in 1886 on the south slope of the Athenian Acropolis, and now in the National Museum, which most scholars have considered to be the Greek original. There, the head is rotated and tilted upward to its right, creating an expression of pathos. Strut-like projections on the right side of both the Athens marble and this copy may be the remains of fingers on the right hand raised to the cheek. The fillet worn across the forehead is an attribute of Dionysos. The work may represent the god of wine himself, or his consort Ariadne.. Marble head of a deity wearing a Dionysiac fillet. Roman. ca. A.

Portrait of Jan Stolker (1724-1785). The head, surrounded by lush hair lectures, is sloping behind in the neck; The gaze is aimed up. The neck is cut down around it; Ed cut line ends on either side back in a volute and is connected to the rectangular base.

Fragment of a woman's figurine; 4th century BC (-400-00-00--301-00-00);

Greek Art. Albania, Bust of Apollo. Found during the excavations of nymphaeum of Butrint. II century a. C. Ruins of Butrint Museum.

Face. Egypt, Greco-Roman Period (305 BCE-641 CE). Sculpture. Marble

Marble Head of the Goddess Aphrodite 1230 B.C

Bust of a Woman; Tarentum (Taras), South Italy; 450 - 350 B.C; Terracotta; 16.2 × 9.2 cm (6 3,8 × 3 5,8 in.)

Head of a Female Figure 6th-7th century India (Jammu and Kashmir, possibly Akhnur) A major Buddhist monastery and stupa site was excavated at Akhnur (Akhnoor), near Jammu, revealing a series of both large- and small-scale terracotta reliefs decorating the monuments. These heads once formed part of those sculptural programs and likely depict Buddhist laity.. Head of a Female Figure 38190

Head of Athena. Marble. 1st century AD. From Empuries. Catalonia, Spain.

Head of a youth from a marble stele (grave marker). Culture: Greek, Attic. Dimensions: Overall: 10 1/4 x 15 1/2 in. (26 x 39.4 cm); thickness at top 15 1/4 in. (38.7 cm); thickness at bottom 15 7/16 in. (39.3 cm). Date: ca. 525 B.C..A precise identification of the youth--as an athlete, for instance--is impeded by the lack of attributes. A band circles his head, and crisp curls fringe his face and the nape of his neck. The smooth crown of the head is less likely to represent a cap than to indicate that paint was used for hair. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Unknown mask (Jean-Delphin Alard) Jean-Pierre Dantan (1800-1869), says Dantan the young. Unknown mask (Jean-Delphin Alard). Terracotta and plaster.

Limestone head of Cleopatra I or II, (181-164 b.c.)

Head of a Youth ca. 1150-75 French The pilgrimage church of Saint-Gilles-du-Gard reveals the strong influence of antiquity on Romanesque art in France. This head can be associated with the church on stylistic grounds and demonstrates the influence of locally available ancient Roman sculpture. The ancient tradition was transformed through the simplification and stylization of facial features. Surprisingly the left and right sides of the face reveal two different stylistic modes.. Head of a Youth 466295

Aimé-Jules Dalou (1838-1902). "Young boy bust". Patinated terracotta, between 1875 and 1878. Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris, Petit Palais. Bust, man, young boy, terracotta patinae, face

Mask of Rose Beuret. Artist: Auguste Rodin (French, Paris 1840-1917 Meudon). Culture: French. Dimensions: Overall (wt. confirmed): 10 11/16 × 6 3/8 × 6 5/8 in., 3.7 lb. (27.1 × 16.2 × 16.8 cm, 1.7 kg). Date: ca. 1880-82 or 1898.This is a cast of the final portrait Rodin made of Rose Beuret, one of his first models and his companion of fifty-three years. An uneducated woman from the countryside, she maintained Rodin's studio in their youthful poverty, bore his son, and served him throughout her life. Here, Rodin captures their enigmatic relationship by modeling her face as a mask with downcast eyes. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Votive figure of a female head, 4th century BC, Archaeological Museum in the former Order Hospital of the Knights of St John, 15th century, Old Town, Rhodes Town, Greece, Europe

Head of a Woman, 3rd-2nd Century BC. Greece, Hellenistic period. Marble; overall: 16.6 x 9.6 x 9.6 cm (6 9/16 x 3 3/4 x 3 3/4 in.).

Head of a Woman. Unknown

Terracotta figurine of the veiled dancer; after. 4th century BC (-360-00-00--340-00-00);

Spout of a faience vessel in the form of an early Ptolemaic queen. Egypt. Dated 3rd Century BC

Terracotta protome of a woman ca. 500 B.C. Etruscan. Terracotta protome of a woman 257527

Portrait head of a woman. Culture: Roman. Dimensions: H. 10 1/4 in. (26 cm). Date: ca. A.D. 80-100.It has been argued that this portrait represents Diva Julia Augusta, the daughter of the Emperor Titus, but her features were unlike those shown here. (The drilled pupils of the eyes date to the 19th century.). Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Lid of a Cinerary Urn with a Reclining Female Figure. Unknown

France, Poitou-Charentes, Vienne (86), Poitiers, Sainte Croix Museum, Athena Or Minerve

Head of Aphrodite, 325-100 BC. Greece, Style of late 4th - 2nd Century BC. Marble; overall: 27.5 cm (10 13/16 in.).

Herm of a Youth. Unknown

Figurka Afrodyty z lustrem. warsztat grecki, workshop

Island of Cyprus. Male head. Late 6th century B.C. Limestone. From Cyprus. Europe.

Console with woman's head, on top of double curl, console building element sandstone stone, sculpted

CABEZA DE HIGEA - COPIA DEL ORIGINAL GRIEGO DEL SIGLO IV AC. Location: MUSEO DE LAS TERMAS. Rome. ITALIA. HIGEA / IGEA.

Head of Apollo of Timarchides. Unknown

Terracotta head of a woman, probably a sphinx 1st quarter of the 5th century B.C. Greek Terracotta sculpture of large scale and high quality is rare in Greek art of the mainland as against that of southern Italy, for example. The proportions and the break at the neck suggest that this exceptionally fine head belonged to a sphinx, possibly the akroterion of a small building. (Akroteria decorated the apex and corners of roofs.) Of particular interest also is the way polychromy is used for such details as the earrings and the headband.. Terracotta head of a woman, probably a sphinx 254589

Marble portrait of a young woman. Culture: Roman. Dimensions: H. 10 1/8 in. (25.7 cm). Date: ca. A.D. 139-150.This girl's hair in a braided coil toward the back of the head imitates the style worn by Faustina the Younger, wife of the emperor Marcus Aurelius (r. A.D. 161-180), as she is depicted on coins as late as A.D. 140-150. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Head of Venus; Roman Empire; about 100; Bronze with gold and pearl; 4.5 cm (1 3,4 in.)

Female head. 4th-3rd centuries BC. Sandstone. Iberian culture. From the Shrine of Cerro de los Santos (Montealegre del Castillo, Albacete province, Castile-La Mancha, Spain). National Archaeological Museum. Madrid. Spain.

Funerary Head from Palmyra. Syria, Palmyra, 3rd century. Sculpture. Limestone

Terracotta head of a woman 4th century B.C. Etruscan The figure wears an elaborate diadem and ornate necklace, types of jewelry often depicted on votive heads from the sanctuaries of Cerveteri in Southern Etruria. Etruscan devotees often deposited offerings of terracotta heads, apparently stylized portraits, for favors anticipated or received from the gods. Such offerings were frequently buried in special trenches within a sacred precinct.. Terracotta head of a woman. Etruscan. 4th century B.C.. Terracotta. Late Classical. Terracottas

Plaster bust titled 'Tete Nymph' by Alfred Janniot (1889-1969) French sculptor. Dated 1927

Limestone head of a beardless male with a fillet first half of the 6th century B.C. Cypriot Wearing close-fitting wig or cap.. Limestone head of a beardless male with a fillet. Cypriot. first half of the 6th century B.C.. Limestone. Archaic. Stone Sculpture

Campania Caserta Capua Museo Campano, Italy, 20th century, photo, photography, Europe

Funerary stele of aman

Woman's Head with Crown, 500s BC. Greece, Sicily (), 6th Century BC. Terracotta; overall: 15.8 cm (6 1/4 in.).

'Catherine the Great'. France, 18th century. Dimensions: 27x18 cm; 15x13,5x13,5 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg.

'Heracles'. Ancient Greece. Panticapaeum, 3rd century BC. Dimensions: h. 15 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg.

Head of a Woman 5th century Byzantine This head, like the others here, was once part of a larger statue. Each portrait is missing the inlays for the eyes, which would have enhanced the realism of the portraits. The woman's softly modeled face reflects the continuing interest in classical traditions as the Roman Empire became a Christian state.. Head of a Woman. Byzantine. 5th century. Marble. Sculpture-Stone

Portrait Head of a Girl worked for insertion in a Statue. Unknown

Marble head of a woman. Culture: Roman. Dimensions: 12 × 9 × 9 3/4 in. (30.5 × 22.9 × 24.8 cm). Date: ca. A.D. 110-120.Head from a relief; the back sections of her hair are unfinished. The creases above her nose and folds above her mouth suggest a woman of advanced age. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Woman with Arched Eyebrows; Sabouroff Class; Athens, Greece; about 470 B.C; Terracotta; 18.8 cm (7 3,8 in.)

Portrait Bust of a Youth. Unknown

torso of Mercury, White marble, 2nd century AD. Huelva Museum, Huelva, Andalusia, Spain.

Lazio Roma Velletri Museo Civico di Velletri74. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 Medieval: Marble tondo of the depositon, early christian sarcophagus. Antiquities: Roman;statue of Athena, male and female sculpture fragments- heads, torsos, marble cinerary urn; cippi with inscriptions inscriptions, altars, sarcofagi, sarcofagus with scenes of the feats of Herakles. Etruscan; votive objects, heads, legs feet, eyes, uterus, intestine , animals; bronze objects Architectural sculpture and fragments; relief of procession pottery fragments, lamps; brickstamps. Object Notes: The Museo Civico is housed in the Palazzo Comunale. There are two Hutzel photo campaign notes, one undated and the other November 9, 1985. 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

Marble head of a youth 3rd century B.C. Greek The soft modeling, deep-set eyes, and upward turn of the head mark this as a work of the early Hellenistic period.. Marble head of a youth 248311

Nilo, Vaticano , Antiquities, Sculpture, Gods. Nicholas Catsimpoolas Collection

Bronze portrait bust of a young boy ca. A.D. 50-68 Roman This life-size portrait bust of a young boy, originally affixed to a herm of wood or stone, was made by a gifted sculptor who endowed it with great presence. His large soulful eyes are inlaid with silver, and his hair is arranged in thick layers of curls that even cover the backs of his ears. The boy's identity is unknown since no inscription is preserved, but the high quality of the sculpture has often led to the suggestion that he represents the emperor Nero as a child. Since Nero was already 13 years old in A.D. 50, when he was adopted by his great uncle and stepfather, the emperor Claudius, it seems unlikely that he is in fact the person portrayed here. Nevertheless, the style of the bust is very much in keeping with late Julio-Claudian portraiture. Listen to experts illuminate this artwork's story Listen Play or pause #1096. Bronze portrait bust of a young boy Supported by Bloomberg Philanthropies We're sorry, the transcript

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

Busto femenino romano, siglo II. Museo de Historia de Barcelona. Museum: Museo de Historia, Barcelona.

Athena. 14568. Roman copy of Archaistic Greek. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. , Sculpture, Antiquities, Goddesses, Athena Greek deity. Nicholas Catsimpoolas Collection

Germanisches Museum. Saint Peter. Salsburg, 1280. Limewood. Nuremberg. Germany.

Bronze statuette of a female votary 4th-3rd century B.C. Etruscan An elegantly dressed woman wears a diadem and a pendant necklace. She holds a pomegranate, a symbol of fertility often associated with Turan (Roman: Venus) or Phersipnei (Roman: Persephone), and once may have held a libation bowl in her right hand.. Bronze statuette of a female votary 255190 Etruscan, Bronze statuette of a female votary, 4th3rd century B.C., Bronze, H.: 8 1/2 in. (21.6 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Edith Perry Chapman Fund, 1965 (65.11.9)

Head of a Male Banqueter. Unknown

Campania Caserta Capua Museo Campano06. 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

Napoli Museo Nazionale. Psyche , Antiquities, Sculpture, Goddesses, Psyche Greek deity. Nicholas Catsimpoolas Collection

Marble head of a boy wearing a wreath mid-2nd century A.D. Roman The child wears a wreath of grape clusters and leaves, associating him with the cult of the god Dionysos.. Marble head of a boy wearing a wreath 248880

Lady of Elche. 5th-4th century BC. Iberian culture. Limestone female bust, originally polychrome. From La Alcudia, Elche (Valencian Community, Spain). National Archaeological Museum. Madrid. Spain.

Head of Alexander the Great. Unknown

Limestone statuette of Dionysos holding a thyrsos 310-30 B.C. Cypriot Figure in hunting dress with staff.. Limestone statuette of Dionysos holding a thyrsos 242297

Bronze head of Medusa by Benvenuto Cellini (1500-1671) an Italian goldsmith, sculptor, draftsman, soldier, musician, and artist. Dated 16th Century

Irene Millet. Artist: Antoine-Émile Bourdelle (French, Montauban 1861-1929 Vésinet). Culture: French, Paris. Dimensions: 20 1/2 × 15 3/4 × 10 3/4 in. (52.1 × 40 × 27.3 cm). Date: 1917.Greco-Egyptian funerary portraiture provided the stylistic inspiration for this bust. The subdued polychromy indicates that it was intended for execution in pte de verre; an example of the head alone in that medium is in the Musée Bourdelle, Paris. Mrs. Millet and her husband were the donors of the Museum's monumental bronze Herakles the Archer by Bourdelle (24.232). Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Head of a Horseman. ca. 550 BC. Rampin Horseman. Detail of the head. Archaic Greek art. Sculpture on marble. FRANCE. ëLE-DE-FRANCE. Paris. Louvre Museum. Proc: GREECE. ATTICA. Athens. Acropolis. Parthenon.

Bust of Aphrodite Goddess of Love 200 B.C.

Head, woman with lobed collar, gable wall stone ornament sculpture sculpture building component sandstone stone, sculpted Above wider than under top right bottom slightly concave Female head with lobed collar in high relief Same style size and materials such as 10355 10357 and 10371.

Dancing Lady, c. 50 B.C.. Greece, Alexandria (), 1st century B.C.. Marble; overall: 85.4 cm (33 5/8 in.); base: 6.8 x 32.2 cm (2 11/16 x 12 11/16 in.); without base: 78.6 cm (30 15/16 in.).

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Fragmentary terracotta female statuette, perhaps Artemis. Culture: Greek, South Italian, Tarentine. Dimensions: H. 3 1/8 in. (7.9 cm). Date: 3rd-2nd century B.C..Fragmentary; upper part of nude female. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Portret kobiety. Broniewska, Janina (1886-1947), sculptor

Eros statue, by Unknown artist, 2nd Century, marble. Italy: Lazio: Rome: Palazzo Massimo alle Terme: inv. 113190. Whole artwork. Right view. Eros statue from Rome, Lungotevere in Sassia - 2C AD Roman copy of the Greek original by Lysippos curls wings

Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, Mask of a Bacchante, 1837-1875, bronze.

Head of a Male 4th century Pakistan (ancient region of Gandhara). Head of a Male 38189

Statuette of Ephesian Artemis, made from Pentelic marble. Unknown provenance. In her temple at Ephesus, Asia Minor, one of the seven wonders of the ancient world, Artemis was worshipped by the Greeks as the great goddess of nature and patron goddess of animals. Her dress is adorned by fertility symbols. 1st century BC.

Bust of a Flavian Woman; Roman Empire; late 1st century; Italian marble; 68 × 41 × 22 cm (26 3,4 × 16 1,8 × 8 11,16 in.)

Terracotta relief bust of a woman 2nd half of the 5th century B.C. East Greek Although the piece was found at Sardis, the possibility has been raised that it is a Boeotian import.. Terracotta relief bust of a woman 252637 East Greek, Terracotta relief bust of a woman, 2nd half of the 5th century B.C., Terracotta, H. 6 1/8 in. (15.6 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Gift of The American Society for the Excavation of Sardis, 1926 (26.199.67)

Portrait Head of Plotina. Unknown

Marches Macerata San Ginesio S. Sebastiano0. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 Owner: Museo-Pinacoteca 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.

Madame de Wailly, née Adélaïde-Flore Belleville (1765-1838) 1789 Augustin Pajou French The sitter was the wife of Pajou's lifelong friend Charles de Wailly, a companion from student days in Rome. De Wailly, court architect to Louis XVI, had built neighboring houses for Pajou and himself, and Pajou executed busts of the architect and his wife. After her husband's death, Madame de Wailly married M. de Fourcroy, a medical doctor and chemist. The portrait of Madame de Wailly displays the sculptor's gifts to best advantage. The solidity that characterizes his work is enlivened by an equally characteristic linearity, resulting in a brilliant eighteenth-century version of a Roman matron's portrait. The sense of dignity does not suppress the spirit of humor and intelligence that radiates from Madame de Wailly's fully mature countenance. This maturity is echoed in Pajou's handling of her torso, emphasized by the clinging cloth that partly exposes her chest and ample shoulders. The sinuous, weig

Subject: Abuna, Funerary Relief of Abuna, Daughter ofNabuna, ca. A.D.170-230, Limestone with traces of red paint, 52.5 × 43 × 19.5 cm (20 11/16 × 16 15/16 × 7 11/16in.), This limestone relief shows the bust of a woman elegantly dressed in a tunic and cloak, the latter garment pulled up over the back of her head to form a veil, which she holds back from her face with her left hand. Between the thumb and forefinger of her right hand, she holds an end of the cloak in which her right arm is enveloped. She wears several pieces of jewelry, including a large, round brooch pinned on her left shoulder, two rings on the pinky of her left hand, a necklace with an ovoid pendant, and a pair of large earrings, as well as a headdress with geometric and floral ornament. Wavy locks of hair flow from beneath the headdress out toward both sides of her head, disappearing behind the veil. Very large, almond-shaped eyes with incised irises and pupils are the most prominent features of her full face. An i

RETRATO DE DAMA ROMANA PARA UNOS, DAMA IBERICA PARA OTROS - DATACION 27 ac-68 - BUSTO EN PIEDRA CALIZA - 60x55x25 cm. Location: MUSEO ARQUEOLOGICO-COLECCION. CORDOBA.

Bacchante (Grapes or Autumn) ca. 1874 Auguste Rodin French During the long years of poverty before his fame, Rodin worked for the commercial sculptor Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse and created fashionable works like this one in his masters style. Bright, charming, and devoid of inner life, it represents all that Rodin rejected in contemporary sculpture. He later said, "Nothing I ever did for Belleuse interested me.". Bacchante (Grapes or Autumn). Auguste Rodin (French, Paris 1840-1917 Meudon). French. ca. 1874. Terracotta, wood base. Sculpture

ROSSELLINO, Antonio (1427-1479). Saint John. 1477. Renaissance art. Quattrocento. Florentine school. Sculpture on marble. ITALY. TUSCANY. Florence. Bargello National Museum.

Bust of a Female Figure. Unknown

Bacchic nymph (one of a pair) late 18th century Joseph-Charles Marin One of a pair with 45.60.39.. Bacchic nymph (one of a pair) 199646

'Allegory of Peace'. Italy, First half of the 19th century. Dimensions: height: 64 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg.

Terracotta relief with the head and neck of a woman. Culture: Greek, probably Rhodian. Dimensions: H. 3 5/8 in. (9.2 cm). Date: 1st half of 5th century B.C..The figure is elaborately dressed, with earrings and a diadem as well as a veil. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Head of Ares, god of war. Roman work. Early 2nd c. AD. After the Greek original of the 420 BC by Alkamenes. The State Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg. Russia.

Pendant: woman carrying a child. Culture: Etruscan. Dimensions: H.: 2 1/2 in. (6.4 cm). Date: 5th century B.C..Statuette of a woman holding child.This finely carved amber depicts a standing woman carrying a nude child whose head is now missing. The woman wears a diadem or crown with pointed leaf-like elements, and her hair is defined by delicately indicated striations. She is dressed in a long garment that leaves her arms exposed. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

The Germanic peoples. Portrait of Germanic man. 4th century AD.

figura masculina, 450-425 antes de Cristo, Museo arqueológico de Ibiza y Formentera, Patrimonio de la Humanidad «Ibiza, biodiversidad y cultura», Ibiza, balearic islands, Spain.

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