Classical Relief Sculptures

Ancient Greek and Roman reliefs illustrating mythological and historical scenes, showcasing intricate carvings and classical artistry.

Meleager hunting the Calydonian wild boar, relief on a Roman sarcophagus, Monumental Cemetery of Pisa (UNESCO World Heritage Site, 1987), Tuscany, Italy, Roman civilization, 4th century. Detail.

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

Bartolomé Ordóñez / Relieve del trascoro de la Catedral de Barcelona, martirio de Santa Eulalia, 1519.

Sarcophagus Amendola, detail: fight between a slave and a soldier on horseback, Roman civilization

Roman sarcophagus with the contest between The Muses and the Sirens. Severan period. 3rd C. AD. Athenas, Zeus and Hera, preside the musical. Detaill Siren, half woman and half bird.

Italy. Pisa. CampoSanto. Roman sarcophagus. Relief: Myth of Selene and Endymion. c.190 CE. Marble. Front panel.

Meleager hunting the Calydonian wild boar, relief on a Roman sarcophagus, Monumental Cemetery of Pisa (UNESCO World Heritage Site, 1987), Tuscany, Italy, Roman civilization, 4th century. Detail.

Sarcófago romano, siglo III, Colegiata de San Pedro de Ager.

Relief of the olive-pickers. Romans harvesting olives. Marble relief, 3rd-4th centuries AD. Representation of the olive harvest. Manual harvesting. From the back of the Cemetery of Nuestra Sen_ora de la Salud in Cordoba. Fragment of a relief which probably formed part of a sarcophagus or funerary monument. Archeological Museum of Cordoba. Andalusia, Spain.

Marble sarcophagus with the myth of Endymion. Roman. Antonine period, 2nd c.AD. Selene, moon goddess alights from her chariot to visit her reclining lover, Endymion, a beautiful shepherd. Detail Selene. Metropolitan Museum. NY. USA.

Roman art. Sarcophagus with Dionysian procession. Dionysus on the chariot, Cupido, lion, centaurs and panther. Detail. Capitoline Museums. Rome. Italy.

The Throne of Saturn Relief 1st Century A.D.

Close up of sarcophagus with myth of Selene and Endimyon, Roman civilization, late 2nd century a.d.

Sacrifice of an ox, Temple of Vespasian, Pompeii, Italy, 1st century. Artist: Unknown

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

Sarcophagus with Scenes from the Lives of Saint Peter and Christ. Culture: Roman. Dimensions: 26 1/2 × 83 1/2 × 24 3/8 in. (67.3 × 212.1 × 61.9 cm). Date: early 300s, with modern restoration.The sarcophagus was carved about the time when Christianity was first recognized as a legal faith within the Roman Empire. The two legendary scenes of the Miracle of Saint Peter Drawing Water from a Rock in His Jail Cell and Saint Peter's Arrest in Rome, crisply carved in powerful, deep relief at the left, are among the earliest surviving images depicting Peter's special relationship with Rome. When the sarcophagus was identified in 1879, only the lower legs, with scenes from the life of Christ on the right, survived (see image). Incorrect identification of the figures led to inaccurate restoration of the upper portion of the scenes carved in low relief. Originally, four scenes from Christ's life decorated the sarcophagus: the Entry into Jerusalem, the Cure of the Man Born Blind, the Multiplicati

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

Blanche of Navarre (1137-1156). Queen Consort, wife of Sancho III, king of Castile. Death of the Queen giving birth to her son, the future King Alfonso VIII of Castile. Relief. Sepulcher of Queen Blanche. Romanesque style. 12th century. Monasterio de Santa Mari_a la Real. Najera. La Rioja. Spain.

The Drunkenness of Noah and the History of Lot and his Daughters, Fragment of a Frieze from a Chimney-Piece, anonymous, c. 1564 - c. 1570 Fragment of a chimney frieze with Noah's drunkenness, a console and part of the history of Lot and his daughters. Northern Netherlands sandstone Fragment of a chimney frieze with Noah's drunkenness, a console and part of the history of Lot and his daughters. Northern Netherlands sandstone

Christian-Roman. Fronts of sarcophagus lids. 4th c. AD. Noah's dove, man feeding wood to fire and 3 youths ( Shadrach, Meshach and Abednegro) in the furnace. From Rome, near St. Sebastian. Unknown provenance. Vaticans Museum. City of the Vatican.

Deatil of Trajans Column Rome 2013. Commenmorating Roman Emperor Trajans victory in the Dacian Wars.

Fragment of a Sarcophagus with Putti in a Grapevine 3rd-4th century Roman Vines that supported grape-plucking putti, or figures of children, and baskets full of the fruit on late Roman sarcophagi often refer to Dionysos, god of wine, and his promise of a blessed afterlife. Christians adopted the motif to represent a biblical passage (John 15:5)-I am the vine, you are the branches. Those who abide in me and I in them bear much fruit-and as a reference to the wine of the Eucharist.. Fragment of a Sarcophagus with Putti in a Grapevine 466585

Sarcophagus with man's bus in a clipeus. Cupid holding ducks. Marble. 3rd c. AD. Ostia. National Roman Museum. Baths of Diocletian. Rome. Italy.

Romans in battle against the Barbarians. Scene from sarcophagus of a general of Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius (121-180). 2nd century AD. National Museum, Rome.

Roman British relief showing combat between Romans and Barbarians. 2nd cent. AD.

Croatia, Salona, Solin, Manastirine, Detail of sarcophagus depicting the myth of Phaedra and Hippolytus

Sarcophagus of Quinta Flavia Severina. Rome, Via Girolamo Benzoni. 3rd century AD. Crushing grapes. Capitoline Museums. Rome. Italy.

Relieve llamado Sarcófago de las Estaciones procedente de Empuries, siglo IV d.C. Museu d'Arqueologia de Catalunya, Girona.

Detail of Greeks and Amazons, hellenistic sarcophagus found in Jerusalem. GREECE.

Sarcophagus with Dionysiac ceremonial procession on the front and on the sides, and banquet scene with the couple Dionysus and Arianna on the lid. 1º60-180 AD. Rome. National Roman Museum. Baths of Diocletian. Rome. 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.

Sarcophagus with Dionysiac ceremonial procession on the front and on the sides, and banquet scene with the couple Dionysus and Arianna on the lid. 160-180 AD. Rome. National Roman Museum. Baths of Diocletian. Rome. Italy.

Sarcófago romano con escenas de una cacería de leones. Siglo IV.

ménade bailando, I antes de Cristo, arcilla con restos de policromia, Italia, coleccion Campana.

Sacrifice Scene, by Unknown artist, 25,1st Century, stucco bas, relief. Italy: Lazio: Rome: Palazzo Massimo alle Terme: Cubicolo D. Detail. Panel/square of the vault of Cubiculum D sacrifice scene

Relief with the performance of Karakalli and Julia Domny; unknown provincial-Roman workshop; 214-217 CE (214-00-00-217-00-00);Central Conservation Office (1945-1951), Królikarnia (Warsaw)

Roman civilization, relief portraying lady having her hair styled, from Neumagen-Dhron, Germany

Preparing a bull for sacrifice. Frieze, Parthenon, British Museum, London's, Marble. 447 - 438 BCE Fragment of the Panathenaic Procession from the east frieze of the Parthenon, . The Parthenon frieze is the high-relief pentelic marble sculpture created to adorn the upper part of the Parthenons naos. It was sculpted between c. 443 and 438 BC,

Hippolytus hunting a boar, relief depicting the myth of Phaedra and Hippolytus, Roman sarcophagus, 180 ca., Monumental Cemetery of Pisa (UNESCO World Heritage Site, 1987), Tuscany, Italy, Roman civilization, 2nd century. Detail.

Aimé-Jules Dalou (1838-1902). "The harvesters". Patinated plaster, between 1895 and 1898. Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris, Petit Palais. Farmer, boot, harvest, harvester, peasant, patter patina, picking up, field

Relief depicting Jupiter as child with wet nurse and two warriors, from Italy

The Virgin Mary Swooning over the Dead Body of Christ at the Foot of the Cross. Dated: 1710. Dimensions: overall: 72 x 58 x 7.5 cm (28 3/8 x 22 13/16 x 2 15/16 in.). Medium: marble. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Pierre-Etienne Monnot.

Gideon wringing the fleece, detail from the Jesse tree and messianic prophecies, Stories of Genesis, bas-reliefs by Lorenzo Maitani (before 1275-1330), second pillar, facade of Orvieto cathedral, Umbria, Italy, 13th-14th century.

Basel, Cathedral (Basel Minster), capital on the ambulatory, love tragedy of Pyramus and Thisbe after Ovid

Relief of the battle of Pavia. Western facade or facade of the empress. Granada, Charles V's palace. Author: OREA JUAN DE. Location: PALACIO DE CARLOS V. GRANADA. SPAIN. CARLOS V (CARLOS I). Charles I (V of the Holly Roman Empire).

Sarcophagus with journey of the deceased through the afterlife. Marble. Early 2nd c. AD. Roman. National Roman Museum. Baths of Diocletian. Rome. Italy.

Relieve llamado Sarcófago de las Estaciones procedente de Empuries, siglo IV d.C. Museu d'Arqueologia de Catalunya, Girona.

Roman sarcophagus with reliefs depicting the myth of Selene and Endymion, Monumental Cemetery of Pisa (UNESCO World Heritage Site, 1987), Tuscany, Italy, Roman civilization, 2nd century. Detail.

Maestro de Cabestany / Vocación de San Pedro, siglo XII, mármol, procedente del portal mayor de la iglesia del monasterio de Sant Pere de Rodes. Museum: Museu Frederic Marès, Barcelona.

Panel of Hierapolis Theatre scene(Turkey). Dionysos who joins in the vintage festival is accompanied by Nymphs, panther, Eros and kentauri (horse-men). Roman era. End of 2nd century A.D. Hierapolis Museum. Turkey.

The Raising of Lazarus ca. 1620 probably Italian, Milan Probably related to a group of reliefs which were made for the façade and choir screen of the cathedral of Milan in the first decades of the XVII century. 1987.292 could have been part of a series representing scenes from the Life or Miracles of Christ.. The Raising of Lazarus. probably Italian, Milan. ca. 1620. Terracotta. Sculpture

Sarcophagus with centauromachy on the front. Marble. Battle of Centaurs and Lapiths. 2nd C. AD. National Roman Museum. Baths of Diocletian. Rome. Italy.

USA, Rhode Island, Providence, Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) Museum, detail of Roman sarcophagus, 2nd century AD

Relief sculpture on the Arch of Titus (Arco di Tito); 1st-century AD honorific arch, Rome, Italy. constructed in c. AD 82 by the Emperor Domitian shortly after the death of his older brother Titus to commemorate Titus's victories, including the Siege of Jerusalem (AD 70).

RELIEVE con la representación de una ESCENA DE LA VIDA DEL BUDA SHAKYAMUNI. Periodo Kushana. Región de Gandhara (Pakistán). Museo de Arte Nelson-Atkins (The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art). Kansas City. Estado de Missouri. Estados Unidos.

Sarcophagus with journey of the deceased through the afterlife. Marble. Early 2nd c. AD. Roman. National Roman Museum. Baths of Diocletian. Rome. Italy.

A young winged goddess, Iris or Hebe, messenger of the diving couple Zeus and Hera, stands next to Hera turning toward the procession, while she arranges her wind blown hair with her left hand. Hera turning towards Zeus holds the edges of her himation, which covers her head in the gesture of a bride revealing herself to her husband.

Doric frieze,dancers, sanctuary of Hera at the river Sele. Temple of Hera, Archaeological Museum of Paestum, Campania, Italy.

Sculpture1968P23. Martyrdom of St Emerenziana, 1660. Terracotta relief. Artist: Ercole Ferrata

christian-Roman. Front of columnar sarcophagus with biblical scenes. 350-375 AD. Prediction of Peter's denial. Vaticans Museum. City of the Vatican.

ESCENAS DE GUERREROS. CAPITELES, CLAUSTRO CATEDRAL DE ELNA (S.XII-XIII). ROMANICO.

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.

Fragment of a roman sarcophagus tub. 2nd century AD. Marble. From Crete (Greece). Archaeological Museum. Istanbul. Turkey.

Roman era. Sarcophagus of Metilia Acte. From Pianebella, near Ostia. C. 161-170 CE. Wife of Gaius Junius Euhodus. Priestess of the Magna Mater from Ostia. The relief depicts scenes of myth of Alcestis. Death of Alcestis. Detail the dying mother saying farewell to her children. Vatican Museums.

Relief on the Church of St. Mary in Zrnovnica. Depiction of an Old Slavonic mythological scene, god Perun (horseman) fighting the god Veles (bear). 8th century. Croatia. Museum of Croatian Archaeological Monuments, Split, Croatia.

Relief of trophies or arms. Architectural element from the Temple of Hadrian. Capitoline Museums. Rome. Italy.

Relief depicting Charity and the Defence of Virtue. US Supreme Court, Washington DC. USA

CLAUSTRO CATEDRAL DE GERONA,S.XII CAPITEL TRANSPORTANDO BOTA Y BARRIL.

Seashell Boat with Infant Sea Nymphs Drawn by a Hippocamp and Dolphins Seashell Boat with Infant Sea Nymphs Drawn by a Hippocamp and Dolphins, Master of Martydoms os St Sebastian, Vienna, 1657, Ivory, Amsterdam, Netherlands Copyright: xZoonar.com/BartomeuxBalaguerxRotgerx 21697284

ZAMORA. TORO. COLEGIATA DE SANTA MARIA LA MAYOR. PORTADA SEPTENTRIONAL ( DETALLE ). MUSIOS. MUSICA.

Athènes. Frise de Parthénon (Musée de l'Acropole) , Friezes Ornamental bands, Bas-reliefs, Antiquities, Water carriers, Parthenon Athens, Greece. Nicholas Catsimpoolas Collection

Relief depicting imperial triumph. This panel shows the Roman Emperor amongst the people. Roman, Circa 2nd century AD.

Libya, , Sabratha, Ancient Ruins - the Judgement of Paris (detail)

Louis-Ernest Barrias (1841-1905). Study for the pediment of a monument in Mexico City. Plaster. Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris, Petit Palais. Front

Relief depicting a scene from the Passion of Christ, 15th century. The Flagellation of Christ. Alabaster. From Nottingham Workshops (England). Carmo Archaeological Museum. Lisbon, Portugal.

Resurrection of the prophet Ezekiel, relief on the Knesset Menorah, sculptor Benno Elkan, Jerusalem, Israel, Asia

Italy. Ravenna. Early Christian sarcophagus. Daniel in the Lion's Den. 5th c.From s. Giovanni Battista. National Museum.

Pentelic Attic marble sarcophagus. Meleager with the Calydonian boar. Found in Ayios Ioannis (Patras) and dated between AD 150-170. National Archaeological Museum. Athens.

Wall relief, representation of a jewelery column, excavation site site Cacaxtla in Tlaxcala, state of Tlaxcala, Mexico, Central America

Deatil of Trajans Column Rome 2013. Commenmorating Roman Emperor Trajans victory in the Dacian Wars.

Relief slab from a frieze depicting an Amazon. Pentelic marble, found in Athens. Probably part of the frieze of a funerary monument in the form of a naiskos. The relief depicts two amazons, with full military equipment.

Greece, Central Macedonia, Thessaloniki, Archeological Museum, gravestone of Agenor, circa 400 BC

Etruscan civilization. Alabaster urn. Fragment depicting Circe turning into animals Ulysses' companions.

Estela de mármol de una joven griega, región de Ática, ca. 400-390 a. C. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

Trajans Column is a Roman column commemorating the Roman Emperor Trajans victory in the Dacian Wars. Located in Trajans Forum, north of the Roman Forum. The spiral Bas Relief artistically describes the epic battles between the Romans and Dacians. Completed in 113 AD. Rome. Italy 2013

Ancient stone sarcophagus, relief with drunken cupids, National Museum, Beirut, Beyrouth, Lebanon, Middle East, West Asia, Asia

Greece. Athens. Acropolis. Parthenon. Classical temple dedicated to Athena. 447 BC-432 BC. Doric order. Architects: Iktinos and Callicrates. Frieze. High-reliefs under direction of Phidias. Cavalcade. Replica.

Lazio Roma Velletri Museo Civico di Velletri15. 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

Roman era. Relief with cupids riding bulls from the Temple of Venus Genetrix in the Forum of Caesar, Rome. Early 2nd century AD. National Archaeological Museum, Naples. Italy.

Roman sarcophagus with the contest between The Muses and the Sirens. Severan period. 3rd C. AD. Athenas, Zeus and Hera, preside the musical. Detaill Siren, half woman and half bird.

Relief depicting the Allegory of Earth, from Carthage, Tunisia

Relief depicting Ganymede feeding the Eagle. Roman copy of late 1st century BC from a Greek original. Marble. The State Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg. Russia.

Earth Mother Roman Goddess Statue Ara Pacis Altar of Augustus Peace, Rome, Italy. Monument to Emperor Augustus Caesar built 9 Bc

Frieze from the Harpy Tomb, from the city of Xanthos, capital of ancient Lycia. Dated 470 BC.

Marble relief known as Domitius Ahenobarbus relief, detail of military census, from Rome, Campo Marzio, Temple of Neptune

Italy, Sicily, Selinunte, Detail of Perseus killing Medusa, from metope of the temple C, limestone

Sacrificial procession of a bull preceded by trumpeters, 30-40. Artist: Unknown

Italy, Lazio, Rome, Arco di Costantino detail

Italy, Lazio, Rome, Arch of Constantine, Detail.

Etruscan cinerary urn depicting a frieze showing a battle scene. 3rd Century BC

Sarcophagus of children from the scenes chariots in Roman Circus Maximus, with covers; Unknown Roman workshop; 175-200 (175-00-00-200-00-00);MNW branch (Nieborów - 1945-) - collection, museum in Nieborów and Arkadia

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