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.

Pergamum Altar in the Pergamum Museum in Berlin. It is a monumental construction built during the reign of King Eumenes 11 in the first half of the 2nd century BC on one of the terraces of the acropolis of the ancient city of Pergamum in Asia Minor. It is 35.64 meters wide and 33.4 meters deep. The front stairway is almost 20 meters wide. The base is decorated with a frieze in high relief showing the battle between the Giants and Olympian gods known as the Gigantomachy. In 1878 the German engineer Carl Human began official excavations on the acropolis of Pergamum. The excavation was undertaken in order to rescue the altar friezes and expose the foundation of the edifice. Later, other ancient structures on the acropolis were brought to light.

Resurrection, detail of the funerary monument to Gastone della Torre, by Tino di Camaino, Basilica di Santa Croce Basilica of the Holy Cross in Florence, Italy Resurrection, detail of the funerary monument to Gastone della Torre, by Tino di Camaino, Basilica di Santa Croce Basilica of the Holy Cross in Florence, Italy Copyright: xZoonar.com/ZvonimirxAtletix 20697084

Byzantine art. Capital decorated with relief of cupid on a peacock. Byzantine Museum. Athens. Greece.

Christian-Roman.Fronts of sarcophagus lids. 4th c. AD. Adoration of the Magi. Unknown provenance. Vaticans Museum. City of the Vatican.

Roman sarcophagus from Pozemia, c. 140. Detail of Centauromachya. National Roman Museum (Baths of Diocletian). Rome. Italy.

Relief depicting Jonah and the city of Nineveh, cathedral of Sessa Aurunca, Campania, Italy.

Nereid Monument. Sculptured tomb from Xanthos. Classical period Lycia. Turkey. A young warrior dies. Podium frieze. 390-380 BC. British Museum. London. England. United Kingdom.

Early Christian. Roman sarcophagus. Adoration of the shepherds. Nativity shows Jesus in swaddling bands between the ox and the ass, being adored by the shepherds. Unknown. 300-330 AD. Vatican Museums.

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. Metropolitan Museum. NY. USA.

Banquet scene. Roman period. Miletus.

Nereid Monument. Sculptured tomb from Xanthos. Classical period Lycia. Turkey. Arbinas, in Persian dress, recieves emissaries. Upper podium frieze. 390-380 BC. British Museum. London. England. United Kingdom.

Sarcophagus Amendola, detail with Greek soldier on horseback

Alexander Sarcophagus. 4th century BC. Long side depicting Alexander and the Macedonians hunting lions with Abdalonymus and the Persians. Pentelic marble. From the Royal Necropolis of Sidon. Archaeological Museum. Istanbul. Turkey.

ULISES RECONOCIDO POR LA VIEJA EURICLEA MIENTRAS LE LAVA LOS PIES - RELIEVE DE TERRACOTA - PERIODO HELENISTICO. Location: MUSEO DE LAS TERMAS. Rome. ITALIA.

Ornamental sculpted frieze depicting sacrifice scene

Roman Art. Sarcophagus with Dionysus and Ariadne. Marble. C. 200 A.C. From Vigna Casali, Rome. Carlsberg Glyptotek Museum. Copenhagen. Denmark.

Jugendstil relief in the mineral water court, Bad Nauheim, Wetterau, Hessian, Germany

Marble relief known as Domitius Ahenobarbus relief, detail of censor attending to sacrifice to Mars, from Rome, Campo Marzio, Temple of Neptune

Amazon sarcophagus. Marble. Tel Mevorah. Roman Period. Early 3rd century AD. Detail. Batlle between the Amazons and the Greeks. Relief. Rockefeller Archaeological Museum. Jerusalem. Israel.

Marble votive relief, found in Neon Phaleron, Attica ca. 410 BC. Relief: The abduction of the Nymph Basile by the hero Echelos. Hermes, holding a painted whiplash in this right hand, leads the charriot with the couple. National Archaeological Museum. Athens. Greece.

Relief depicting a Greek pursuing an Amazon. Marble. It is part of a pair of duplicate relief slabs, copies made by an ancient Attic workshop in the mid-2nd century AD, depicting scenes from the shield of Athena on the Athena Parthenos statue by Phidias in the Parthenon. Found in the port of Piraeus, it was intended to decorate a building in Rome. Archaeological Museum of Piraeus. Greece.

UK, England, London, British Museum, Youth with Heifer, South Frieze, Parthenon

Officials, frieze from the Parthenon, 438-432 BC. Artist: Unknown

Pergamum Altar in the Pergamum Museum in Berlin. It is a monumental construction built during the reign of King Eumenes 11 in the first half of the 2nd century BC on one of the terraces of the acropolis of the ancient city of Pergamum in Asia Minor. It is 35.64 meters wide and 33.4 meters deep. The front stairway is almost 20 meters wide. The base is decorated with a frieze in high relief showing the battle between the Giants and Olympian gods known as the Gigantomachy. In 1878 the German engineer Carl Human began official excavations on the acropolis of Pergamum. The excavation was undertaken in order to rescue the altar friezes and expose the foundation of the edifice. Later, other ancient structures on the acropolis were brought to light.

RELIEVE ALEGORICO DE ALABASTRO DEL GRUPO DE LA TRANSFIGURACION EN EL CORO ALTO DE LA CATEDRAL DE TOLEDO - SIGLO XVI - RENACIMIENTO ESPAÑOL. Author: ALONSO BERRUGUETE (1488-1561). Location: CATEDRAL-CORO ALTO. Toledo. SPAIN.

Bas-relief depicting family of Emperor Augustus

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

Roman civilization, relief portraying woman and child at feast, servant bringing plate laden with food

Nereid Monument. Sculptured tomb from Xanthos. Classical period Lycia. Turkey. Variety of soldiers (hoplits, archers) Upper podium frieze. 390-380 BC. British Museum. London. England. United Kingdom.

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

Grave Stele of Thrasynos; Unknown; Greece (Attica); about 375 B.C.; Marble; Object: H: 139.1 x W: 38.7 x D: 3.8 cm (54 3/4 x 15 1/4 x 1 1/2 in.)

Marble sarcophagus panel. The Greek hero Meleager hunts the fearsome Caledonian boar with his lover Atalanta. The life of the tragic hero was a popular subject in Roman sarcophagi. AD 150-250.

Relief sculpture with biblical scenes in an old church in Europe of the Middle Ages Relief sculpture with biblical scenes in an old church in the Europe of the Middle Ages

Sarcophagus of Proserpina, from Santa Pola, Alicante. 3rd century. Museum: Museo Arqueológico Nacional, Madrid.

Tarragona, Spain - April 8, 2023 : View of the sarcophagus of Hippolytus, installed in the Roman Circus and the archaeological complex of the Pretorium Tower, UNESCO World Heritage Site Tarragona, Spain - April 8, 2023 : View of the sarcophagus of Hippolytus, installed in the Roman Circus and the archaeological complex of the Pretorium Tower, UNESCO World Heritage Site. Copyright: xZoonar.com/DAVIDxHERRAEZxCALZADAx 21137412

Italy. Pisa. CampoSanto. Roman sarcophagus. Scene marine. nereids and marine centaurs. Imperial era.

Relief, facade detail of the Palacio de Carlos V, The Alhambra, Granada, Andalusia, Spain, Europe

Italy. Rome. Ara Pacis Augustae. Altar dedicated to Pax. 13-9 BC. Processional frieze. The child Gaius Caesar (20BC-21AD) and the woman, Livia (Augustus' wife).(58BC-29AD) .

Roman sarcophagus. Mtyth of Theseus and Ariadne. Marble. Hadrianic or Early Antonine period, 130-140 AD. Theseus killing the Minotaur, part-bull and part-human monster. Museum Metropolitan of Art. Ny. USA.

Paleochristian sarcophagus with lion hunting, 4th century, Sant Feliu Church, Gerona, Catalonia, Spain.

Seville, 01/23/2024. The scaffolding is removed from the façade of the Santa Isabel convent. Photo: Raúl Doblado. ARCHSEV.

BURGOS. REBOLLEDO DE LA TORRE. IGLESIA PARROQUIAL. CAPITEL DEL PORTICO OBRA DE JUAN DE PIASCA , AÑO 1186. ARTE ROMANICO.

Parthenon Frieze. Elgin Marbles. Cattle taken to sacrifice . 5th cent. BC. By Phidias.

Rectangular sarcophagus with battle between Romans and Barbarians, Roman civilization, late 2nd century a.d.

triumph of Ariadne triumph of Ariadne, 1st century BC , clay , Italy, collection Campana Copyright: xZoonar.com/Tolox 23018557

Roman sarcophagus. About 140 AD. Mythological scene. Orestes and Iphigenia among the Taurians. Glyptothek. Munich. Germany.

Marble relief with the Dioscuri, Castor and Pollux (Dioskouri). Roman. Imperial. 2nd century AD. Detail. Metropolitan Museum. NY. USA.

Sarcophagus of Caio Flaminio Ostilio Sertoriano, detail: coming back from the hunt, Roman civilization

Nicolas Sébastien Adam (Adam Le Jeune, 1705-1778). "The death of Coronis". Limestone. 1726-1775. Paris, Carnavalet museum. 101430-11 God Gre, Roman God, Greco-Roman divinity, Roman divinity, Greek-Roman mythology, Greek mythology

Dancing ménade Dancing ménade, I before Christ, clay with polychrome remains, Italy, Campana collection Copyright: xZoonar.com/Tolox 23019126

Fachada Monasterio de Ripoll. Románico S. XII, músicos.

The Amazon frieze. Marble slab with a relief depicting a combat between Greeks and Amazons. Part of the Mausoleum of Halicarnassus, ca.350 BC. British Museum. London, England.

Circular altar. Relief depicting a Satyr. From the pulpit of the Italica Theater (1st century AD). Detail. Archaeological Museum. Seville, Andalusia, Spain.

'Relief: The Lamentation'. Italy. Lombardy, Late 15th century. Dimensions: 45,5x61,0 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg.

Votive relief, Honouring a hero, Ancient relief of two figures in a reclining scene, carved from stone, Archaeological Museum, Archea Korinthos, Corinth, Peloponnese, Greece, Europe

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

Early Christian Roman ivory relief, Baptism of Christ & Disputation in the Temple, Italy.

Fragmentary Muse Sarcophagus. Unknown

Sculpture depicting Elias fighting the priests of Baal at El Muhraqa, Israel, Middle East

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

Drunken Dionysus, supported by a satyr and followed by his revelling band, visits a poet from Rome. 1st century AD. Another satyr undoes the god's sandals for him to enter the house of a dramatic poet, who reclines on a dinner couch and greets the god.

Sarcophagus of the Oresteia. Marble. 2nd century. Husillos (Palencia). Tragic myth of revenge of Orestes. National Archaeological Museum, Madrid. Spain.

Relief depicting naval battle scene with Greeks taken by surprise, defending themselves

Lycian Sarcophagus. 5th century BC. Five mounted hunters in Thracian attire. Detail. Paros marble. Royal Necropolis of Sidon. Chamber IV. Archaeological Museum. Istanbul. Turkey.

Christian-Roman.Fronts of sarcophagus lids. 4th c. AD. Adoration of the Magi. Adam and Eva. Unknown provenance. Vaticans Museum. City of the Vatican.

Plaque of the Ergastines. Fragment from frieze on the east side of the Parthenon. 445-448 BC. Marble. Athens. Author: PHIDIAS.

Italy, Rome, Ara Pacis Augustae, 13-9 B.C., detail of procession

Mithras, ancient Persian god of light and ruler of universe, slaying the bull. Roman marble sculpture. AD100-150, Vienna, Kunsthistorische Museum.

Marble sarcophagus fragment: marriage scene early 3rd century A.D. Roman Man and woman clasping hands, a figure between them and Eros below.. Marble sarcophagus fragment: marriage scene 250712 Roman, Marble sarcophagus fragment: marriage scene, early 3rd century A.D., Marble, Overall: 19 x 15 3/4 x 2 1/2in. (48.3 x 40 x 6.4cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Rogers Fund, 1918 (18.145.52)

'Sarcophagus "The Story of Hippolytus"'. Ancient Rome, Late 2nd century A.D. Dimensions: h. 125 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg.

Marble sarcophagus, Relief depicting Prometheus myth, Detail, two Parcae or Fates, one is spinning the thread, From Arles

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.

Relief representing road paving

Roman marble relief of a baker's oven and corn mill. Artist: Unknown

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.

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

Triunfo de Ariadna, siglo I antes de Cristo, arcilla, Italia, coleccion Campana

Persepolis. Relief of the monument stairways of the Apadana or Audience Hall (5th-6th centuries BC). Relief of the Immortals, Persian imperial guards, Detail. Depiction of soldiers wearingdifferent uniforms, Medes and Persians. The Medes however wore a felt cap forming a semicircular dome. Xerxes I (486-465 BC) and Artaxerxes I (464-425 BC) period. Islamic Republic of Iran.

There is a pause in the procession. A horseman wearing a cape and a wide-brimmed hat on his back stands in front of a stationary horse. He is accompanied by a marshal and a groom holding the horses reins, which were once shown in colour.

amazonas atacadas por grifos, siglo I antes de Cristo, arcilla con restos de policromia, Italia, coleccion Campana.

Marble votive relief dedicated to the goddess Athena, from Athens. Dated 5th Century BC

Altar of Domitius Ahenobarbus, Glyptothek, Koenigsplatz, Munich, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Greek Art. Parthenon. 5th century B.C. Marshal looking towards the horseman who overtakes him on the left. Detail. Marshal. West Frieze I. It comes from the Acropolis in Athens. British Museum. London. England. UK.

Roman relief "Achilles draging Hector", south wall of the pilgrimage church of Maria Saal, Carinthia, Austria, Europe

Column base depicting Vulcan and Diana

Santa Maria de Poblet monastery, Catalonia, Spain.Tomb of King Martin I el Humano (detail).

Facade stone with Adam and Eve on either side of the tree, facing stone sculpture sculpture building component sandstone stone, sculpted Facing stone depicting Adam and Eve in Paradise standing on either side of the tree farmstead Rotterdam Kralingen-Crooswijk New Crooswijk Paradijslaan Oud Crooswijk Crooswijkseweg bible genesis temptation religion Adam Eve paradise Originating from the homestead Het Paradijs on the Paradijslaan or Crooswijkseweg.

Altar. Relief. 42-43 AD. Imperial Family. Julio-Claudian. Relief of emperor Augustus as Mars. Ravenna. Italy.

Dionysus, god of wine. Relief of roman sarcophagus depicting Dionysos with Maenad, satyr and Panther. Vatican Museums. City of the Vatican.

Relief depicting funeral ceremony, detail

Plaster cast of column of Marcus Aurelius, detail, use of fire during siege

Campania Caserta Santa Maria Capua Vetere Mitreo. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 Antiquities: Plan, sculptural reliefs, architecture, fresco painting, architectural fragments Object Notes: Discovered in September 1922, one of the best preserved monuments of the habitations for the cult of the Persian god Mithras, dating from the 2nd-3rd centuries A.D. The building consists of a rectangular subterranean hallway of 23 x 3 meters, with painted ceiling. Frescoes and sculptural fragments abound. No information provided by Hutzel. See TCI, Campania, p.184 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 regio

South frieze of Parthenon, Acropolis of Athens. Block S I, figures 1-4 (horsemen). The figures 1 - 2 are original. The figures 3 - 4 (right) are replica (original fragments are exposed in the British Museum in London). 5th century BC. Acropolis Museum. Athens. 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.

Relief with the Ticino river, detail from the tomb of Gian Giacomo Medici, 1560-1563, by Leone Leoni known as Aretino (1509ca-1590), Milan Cathedral. Italy, 16th century.

Muse Sarcophagus. 3rd-4th centuries. Marble. Decorated with reliefs depicting the muses of theatre and music, on either side of a central male figure and funerary geniuses at both ends. Detail of the right-hand side: funerary genius, Erato, Calliope, Thalia, Euterpe and Polyhymnia. Valado dos Frades, Alfeizeriao (Alcobaça, Portugal). Carmo Archaeological Museum. Lisbon, Portugal.

Six terracotta plaques, Roman, Augustan or Julio Claudian, 27 B.C. - A.D. 68.

Etruscan funerary urn showing boat

The Pergamum Museum, Berlin. The museum is subdivided into the antiquity collection, the Middle East Museum and the museum of Islamic art. The museum is visited every year by 1,135,000 people, making it the most visited art museum in Germany.

Christian-Roman. Fronts of sarcophagus lids. 4th c. AD. Jesus triumphal entry into Jerusalem. Cementery of St. Agnes. Vaticans Museum. City of the Vatican.

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