Classical Reliefs and Sculptures

Showcases ancient sculptural reliefs from classical antiquity, depicting mythological and historical scenes, rich in detail and artistry.

Greece, Delphi. Ancient warriors battle in this classical era decoration from the Treasury at Delphi, shown in the Delphi Museum.

Altar dedicated to Mars and Venus. 1st C. From Ostia Antica. Relief. Cupis and Biga (October Horse). Animal sacrifice to Mars. National Roman Museum. Palace Massimo. Rome. Italy.

FRISO DEL PARTENON - JINETES DE LA PROCESION DE LAS PANATENEAS - SIGLO V AC. Author: PHIDIAS. Location: BRITISH MUSEUM. LONDON. ENGLAND.

Roman depiction of a centaur in a Bacchic procession, 2nd century. Artist: Unknown

Mausoleum of Halicarnassus. Tomb of Mausolus. Turkey. Amazon frieze. 350 BC. British Museum. London.

Giant attacked by a lion, detail of the Gigantomachy, relief, north frieze of the Siphnian Treasury, 530-525 BC, from Delphi, Greece. Ancient Greek civilization, 6th century BC.

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

Greece, Delphi. Ancient warriors battle in this classical era decoration from the Treasury at Delphi, shown in the Delphi Museum.

Detail from the Nereid Monument, a sculptured tomb from Xanthos in classical period Lycia. Dated 4th Century BC

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

Mausoleum at Halicarnassus. 353-350 BC. Turkey. Tomb of Mausolus, Satrap in the Persian Empire and Artemisia II of Caria. Classical. Bas-reliefs by Scopas. Combat with the Amazons. British Museum. London.

Stone slab from the Roman city walls, Roman fountain, Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe, PublicGround, Europe

FACHADA OCCIDENTAL-BAJORRELIEVE DE LA BATALLA DE PAVIA-1525-VIRTUDES Y TRIUNFOS-RENACIMIENTO ESPAÑOL. Author: Pedro Machuca. Location: PALACIO DE CARLOS V. GRANADA. SPAIN.

Borobudur Java, Indonesia Indonesian Art

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.

Roman civilization, farmers paying tribute in landlords house, copy of frieze from monument to Igel at Trier, Germany

Etruscan Art. Italy. Travertine's sarcophagus-urn. On the chest, relief depicting boar hunt scene. 2nd Century B.C. Tomb of Casaglia. Perugia. Gregorian Etruscan Museum. Vatican Museums. Vatican City.

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

Siphnian Treasury, ca. 525 BC. Marble of Paros. North frieze depicting a Gigantomachy. A lion biting a giant. Archaeological Museum of Delphi, Greece.

Sarcophagus, relief showing scene of deer hunting

Gigantomachy, detail of north side of frieze of Siphnian Treasury

danza baquica,, siglo I antes de Cristo , arcilla con restos de policromia, Italia, coleccion Campana.

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

Detail from the Nereid Monument, a sculptured tomb from Xanthos in classical period Lycia. Dated 4th Century BC

Relief. Heracles and Alkioneus. Paestum.

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

Campania Caserta Teano Cathedral48. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 Medieval: Built 1116, remodelled by Andrea Vaccaro in 1630, restored in years following damage in second world war. Includes re-used Roman capitals. Architecture, architectural sculpture; sculpture including painted wooded crucifix (c.1330-31) and pulpit (13th century) with mosaic and relief. The Cripta di S. Paride acts as a small museum containing roman, medieval, and modern marble. Post-medieval: Choir stall (MCMLVII); paintings by Francesco de Mura in the Cappella di S. Paride; marble fragments from the Cripta di S. Paride Antiquities: spolia Object Notes: Originally dedicated to S. Terenziano, now dedicated to S. Clemente 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 Et

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

Detail of a frieze on the Treasury of the Siphnians, 6th century BC. Artist: Unknown

Relief depicting stonecutters at work

SARCOFAGO PALEOCRISTIANO DE BRIVIESCA (QUINTANA BUREBA). DEPOSITO: MUSEO PROVINCIAL DE BURGOS.

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

Sarcophagus with relief representing a lion hunt, from Barcelona, 2nd century. Museum: Museo Arqueológico Nacional, Madrid.

Soldiers depicted in the Parthenon frieze, a high-relief pentelic marble sculpture 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

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

Photograph taken of the triumph relief of Shapur I, the most famous Sasanian rock relief at Naqsh-e Rostam.

Lakshmana temple erotic sculpture sex with horse Khajuraho temple, Madhya Pradesh, India Copyright: xArunxMishra/DinodiaxPhotox

Alexander's sarcophagus from the royal necropolis of Sidon, Archaeological Museum, Istanbul, Turkey, Asia

Hittite art. Orthostat. 8th century BC. Relief: Hunting a lion. Found in old city of Sma'al /Zincirli (Turkey). Pergamon Museum. Museum Island. Berlin. Germany.

Basel, Cathedral (Basel Minster), capital on the ambulatory, Expulsion from Paradise

Assyrian Archers (Detail from Khorsabad) Near Eastern Art Museum of Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq

The Temple of Bel, consecrated to the Semitic god Bel, worshipped at Palmyra as Malakbel, formed the center of religious life in Palmyra and was dedicated in 32 AD. Palmyra was an ancient city in Syria. It was an important city in central Syria, located in an oasis 215 km northeast of Damascus and 180 km southwest of the Euphrates at Deir ez-Zor. It had long been a vital caravan city for travellers crossing the Syrian desert and was known as the Bride of the Desert. The earliest documented reference to the city by its Semitic name Tadmor, Tadmur or Tudmur (which means 'the town that repels' in Amorite and 'the indomitable town' in Aramaic) is recorded in Babylonian tablets found in Mari.

Assyrian relief depicting a battle scene of the Assyrian army. The cavalry defeats an enemy. Nimrud, Central Palace. About 72 BC.

Erotic sculptures on wall of Chinniyan tank 16th-17th centuries by local chieftain near Thiruvannamalai Tamil Nadu India Copyright: xMxAmirtham/DinodiaxPhotox

Ivory comb from Meggido, 10th- 9th cent. BC. Dog kills deer Ibex. ISRAEL.

Figure with beard with lamb on his shoulders and flock. Roman sarcophagus, camposanto. Pisa, Italy, 180-190.

Slaves or prisoners on construction work. Relief. Palace Khorsabad, of Sargon. 8th century BC. Museum of Louvre. Paris. France.

Bassrelief des Maestro Nicolo 12. Jahrhundert, Gruppe rechts von der Tür der Basilika San Zeno in Verona, Italien Bass-relief of Maestro Nicolo 12th century, group to the right of the door of the Basilica of St Zeno in Verona, Italy Copyright: xZoonar.com/ZvonimirxAtletix 22559010

Roman sarcophagus dedicated to M. Aurelius Romanus. On the left. Homeric episode of the meeting of Odysseus and the sirens. Rome. National Roman Museum. Rome. Italy.

Man fighting a panther. Detail of the relief on a plate. First half of the 2nd century AD. From Stara Zagora (Augusta Traiana), Bulgaria. National Archaeological Museum. Sofia. Bulgaria.

Men riding horses, frieze from the Temple of Apollo Sosianus

Altar dedicated to Mars and Venus. 1st C. From Ostia Antica. Relief. Cupis and Biga (October Horse). Animal sacrifice to Mars. National Roman Museum. Palace Massimo. Rome. Italy.

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

Iran, Shiraz. A bas relief on the main veranda of the Naranjestan-e Ghavam complex, also known as Qavan House, which was built in the late 19th century by a wealthy merchant.

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

Cambodia, Angkor, Angkor Thom, Bayon. Bas-relief stone walls, 800-1200 AD, Hindu and Buddhist.

Horsemen of the Parthenon frieze, 5th cent. BC. Elgin Marbles. GREECE.

ITALY, FLORENCE, CATHEDRAL OF SANTA MARIA DEL FIORE (DUOMO), BAPTISTERY, GATE OF PARADISE, DETAIL, BATTLE

Bas-Relief at Bayon Temple, Angkor Thom, Cambodia, Asia

Assyrian statue of winged bull with human head, France, Paris, Musee du Louvre, 8th Century

PARTE DE SARCOFAGO CON RELIEVE. DEPOSITO: MUSEO DE SANTA CRUZ. TOLEDO, CASTILLA LA MANCHA, ESPAÑA.

Relief of Mithras killing a bull, 19th century National Archaeological Museum, Villa Cassis Faraone, UNESCO World Heritage Site, important city in the Roman Empire, Friuli, Italy, Aquileia, Friuli, Italy, Europe

SPAIN, GRENADA, ALHAMBRA, PALACE OF CHARLES V, DETAIL OF BATTLE SCENE

Bayon temple, relief depicting an expedition of the Khmer against the Cham, wall relief, eastern facade, Angkor Thom, Siem Reap Province, Cambodia, Asia

Detail of a bas-relief of the Vendôme column, Place Vendôme, 1st arrondissement, Paris. Detail of a bas-relief of the Vendôme Column, Place Vendôme. Paris (IER ARR.). Heliogravure.

Panel fragments with hunting scenes ca. 8th-7th century B.C. Iran. Panel fragments with hunting scenes 323803

Relief of the myth of god Mithras. Illustrating the slaying of the bull inside a grotto. Rome, Tore Cervara. End 2nd c. AD-stard 3rd c.AD. National Roman Museum. Rome. Italy.

Relief plate from the Gundestrup Cauldron, 1st. Century AD, Artist Unknown , Metal relief, Found in the moors near Gundestrup, Jutland, National Museum, Copenhagen, Denmark ,

Stone Mural telling the story of a victorious battle, Israel National Museum, in Jerusalem, Israel

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

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

Sandstone relief, playing badminton on horseback, Tra Kieu style, 7th century, Cham Museum, Da Nang, Zentralvietnam, Vietnam, Asia

Bas-relief commemortating the deeds of Jayavarman VII. Dated B.C.

Metope II from the Parthenon marbles depicting part of the battle between the Centaurs and Athenian hero. 5th century BC. Athens. British Museum. London. United Kingdom.

Greek civilization, Plinth of kouros statue, bas-relief depicting Hoplites and horse-drawn chariot, circa 490 BC

Kusadasi Ephesus Turkey

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

Lazio Roma Velletri Museo Civico di Velletri04. 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

Greek warrior fighting Amazons, the female warriors . 8th-5th century BC. Limestone Relief

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

Carving of a peasant, Batalha monastery, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Batalha, Estremadura, Portugal, Europe

Greek archaic relief depicting a Charioteer. Late 6th century BC. Proconnesian marble. From Cyzicus, Erdek (Turkey). Archaeological Museum. Istanbul. Turkey.

Etruscan civilization, Cinerary urn with relief depicting battle between soldiers

Vishnu auf der kosmischen Schlange Sesha liegend Vishnu recumbent on the cosmic serpent Sesha, fourteenth century, carved stone, MuEC, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain LicenseRF Copyright: xZoonar.com/BartomeuxBalaguerxRotgerx 23171381

The Amathus sarcophagus. Cypriot, Archaic, 2nd quarter of the 5th century B.C. From Amathus. Relief: Procession of chariot escorted by horseback and soldiers. Metropolitan Museum of Art. Ny. Usa. Metropolitan Museum of Art. Ny. Usa.

Bas-relief at the entrance of the Palace of Charles V, Palacio de Carlos V, Alhambra palace, Granada, Granada province, Andalusia, Spain, Europe

lobo, claustro del Monasterio de San Juan de los Reyes, Toledo, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain.

Italy, Lazio, Rome, Via Appia Antica, Tomb of Cecilia Metella, sarcophagus detail.

Detail from a carving on Souillac Abbey, 12th century. Artist: Unknown

Sculptures of hunter on wall of Chinniyan tank 16th-17th centuries by local chieftain near Thiruvannamalai Tamil Nadu India Copyright: xMxAmirtham/DinodiaxPhotox

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

Hearthstone, from Antwerp Belgium, with narrow frame, with the history of Susanna, hearth fireplace part ceramic brick, fired Hearth of the Antwerp type with narrow list of representation of Daniel that subjects both elders in the history of Susanna separately to an interrogation (Daniel 13: 50v) building history heating bible old testament religion Susanna Daniel elder

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

Panel fragment ca. 8th-7th century B.C. Iran This object is one of three related fragments in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum, said to be from Ziwiye, which depict hunting and battle scenes (51.131.9; 51.131.11; 51.131.12). Stylistic differences suggest they were carved by different artisans, but all three show a familiarity with the scenes depicted in the stone reliefs that decorated Assyrian palaces. Because of their similarity to the Assyrian reliefs, they have been classified as Assyrian style ivories. They were likely used as furniture decoration. On this piece, a mounted hunter aims a spear towards a fleeing animal at right, perhaps a deer. The hunter wears a garment with a fringe that runs along the thigh, and a long earring or feather hangs from his ear. Details such as the horses harness and the coat of the hunters prey are incised. In 1947 a treasure was reputedly found at a mound near the village of Ziwiye in northwestern Iran. Objects attributed to Ziwiye are st

SARCOFAGO PALEOCRISTIANO DE BRIVIESCA (QUINTANA BUREBA). DEPOSITO: MUSEO PROVINCIAL DE BURGOS.

Relief from the Antonine Column depicting Barbarian family, detail

Lycian frieze depicting cockerel (Lycian tradition to sacrifice cockerels and make sacrificial offerings to deceased) from tomb, Xanthos, Lycia, Turkey, circa 470 - 460 B.C.

Greek Art. Base of funerary Kouros. Four-horse chariot and hoplites. 510-500 BC. Relief. Found in the Kerameikos, built into the Themistokleian wall. National Archaeological Museum of Athens.

Ancient bas-reliefs on the Windows and walls of historical buildings Ancient bas-reliefs on the Windows and walls of historical buildings. Architectural design elements from the past. The Assyrian warriors. Leoret de Mar Copyright: xZoonar.com/MaximilianxBuzunx 13188718

UK, England, London, British Museum, Soldiers on horseback wearing robes, Parthenon Frieze

Persepolis, relief

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