Antiquity


Ancient Egypt, Ancient Greece, Imperial Roman Period, Ancient Middle East.



6 subcategories
Ancient Egypt

ANCIENT EGYPT

Ancient Greece

ANCIENT GREECE

Ancient Israel

ANCIENT ISRAEL

Ancient Jordan

ANCIENT JORDAN

Ancient Middle East

ANCIENT MIDDLE EAST

Imperial Roman Period

IMPERIAL ROMAN PERIOD

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Victorious athlete offering a libation, around 470 BCE.
Bronze. Paros-style?
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Victorious athlete offering a libation, around 470 BCE. Bronze. Paros-style?

Red-figured crater 10-03-06/10,reverse side:three      
persons, an elegantly draped woman and two men in      
conversation between two plants with palmetto-leaves.  
H: 57 cm    N 3157
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Red-figured crater 10-03-06/10,reverse side:three persons, an elegantly dr...

Red-figured bell-crater from Apulia:Apollo purifies    
Orestes with the blood of a piglet.Orestes still holds 
the dagger with which he has killed his mother.        
Klitaimnestra tries to wake the sleeping Furies.       
(Aischylos,Eumenides). 380 BCE;   H:48,7cm   Cp 710
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Red-figured bell-crater from Apulia:Apollo purifies Orestes with the blood o...

Maenad,Roman copies (120-149 CE) of Greek reliefs of   
the end of the 5th century BCE,meant to adorn a        
monument to Dionysos or used in a theatrical production
Often copied,the Greek originals are attributed to     
Calimachos, creator of the Corinthian capital. E 43
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Maenad,Roman copies (120-149 CE) of Greek reliefs of the end of the 5th centu...

Maenad,Roman copies (120-149 CE) of Greek reliefs of   
the end of the 5th century BCE,meant to adorn a        
monument to Dionysos or used in a theatrical production
Often copied,the Greek originals are attributed to     
Calimachos, creator of the Corinthian capital. E 44
#03050115

Maenad,Roman copies (120-149 CE) of Greek reliefs of the end of the 5th centu...

Maenad,Roman copies (120-149 CE) of Greek reliefs of   
the end of the 5th century BCE,meant to adorn a        
monument to Dionysos or used in a theatrical production
Often copied,the Greek originals are attributed to     
Calimachos, creator of the Corinthian capital. E 45
#03050116

Maenad,Roman copies (120-149 CE) of Greek reliefs of the end of the 5th centu...

Maenad,Roman copies (120-149 CE) of Greek reliefs of   
the end of the 5th century BCE,meant to adorn a        
monument to Dionysos or used in a theatrical production
Often copied,the Greek originals are attributed to     
Calimachos, creator of the Corinthian capital. E 46
#03050117

Maenad,Roman copies (120-149 CE) of Greek reliefs of the end of the 5th centu...

God Jupiter wearing a goat-skin,reminiscent of the     
goat Amalthea who suckled him as a child.Roman work,   
inspired by a Zeus figure of the 5th BCE. Usually,     
the goat-skin is attributed to Zeus' daughter Athena.  
Marble,2nd CE.     E 16
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God Jupiter wearing a goat-skin,reminiscent of the goat Amalthea who suckle...

Leda,Roman copy of a famous work by Timotheo (around   
370 BCE.).The sculpture is considered the beginning    
of female nudes in Greek art.                          
Marble                                                 
E 9
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Leda,Roman copy of a famous work by Timotheo (around 370 BCE.).The sculpture...

Imaginary portrait of the poet Homer.Greek sculptors   
produced many imaginary portraits of Homer; this one   
corresponds to a Hellenistic sculpture.                
Marble                                                 
E 76
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Imaginary portrait of the poet Homer.Greek sculptors produced many imaginary...

Portrait of Empress Agrippina Minor(?)(15 BCE-59 BCE)  
around 44 BCE. Marble,H: 26 cm    Ma 1232              
Although this portrait has the hairdo of               
Agrippina Minor,it is not certain that it is the       
Empress.
#03050124

Portrait of Empress Agrippina Minor(?)(15 BCE-59 BCE) around 44 BCE. Marble,H:...

Portrait of Marc Aurel as a child.Found in Gabies,     
sculpted in Italy,second quarter 2nd century CE.       
Marble,H:26,5 cm                                       
Ma 1178
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Portrait of Marc Aurel as a child.Found in Gabies, sculpted in Italy,second...