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The Nike of Samothrace is a marble Hellenistic sculpture dating to the 2nd century BC, depicting the Greek goddess of victory standing on the prow of a ship. Created to commemorate a naval victory, the statue is celebrated for its dramatic, wind-swept drapery and forward-leaning, dynamic pose. It wa...
The Winged Bull of Khorsabad, or Lamassu, is a colossal Assyrian protective deity from the 8th century BCE, featuring the body of a bull, the wings of an eagle, and a human head. Carved from alabaster, it originally guarded the gates of King Sargon II's palace in Dur-Sharrukin, located in modern-day...
Psyche Revived by Cupid's Kiss is a marble sculpture by Italian artist Antonio Canova, commissioned in 1787 and completed in 1793. The artwork illustrates the moment from Greek mythology when Cupid awakens the lifeless Psyche with a kiss, utilizing interlocking forms that require the viewer to move...
The Dying Slave is a marble sculpture created by the Italian Renaissance artist Michelangelo between 1513 and 1516. Originally commissioned for the tomb of Pope Julius II in Rome, the statue is distinguished by its idealized anatomy and serene expression of a figure transitioning from earthly restra...
The Lamassu from Khorsabad is a monumental Assyrian sculpture depicting a winged, human-headed bull carved from massive blocks of alabaster. These protective deities were originally positioned at the monumental gateways of the palace complex of King Sargon II in Dur-Sharrukin, located in present-day...
*Rebellious Slave* is an unfinished marble sculpture created by the Italian Renaissance artist Michelangelo around 1513. The statue depicts a male figure bound at the wrists and twisting his torso in a dynamic struggle against unseen constraints. It was originally commissioned for the elaborate tomb...
The Azara Herm is a Roman marble portrait bust of Alexander the Great, currently housed in the Louvre Museum. Carved as a herm—a squared stone pillar topped by a sculpted head—it is a Roman copy of an original 4th-century BC Greek bronze sculpture often attributed to the sculptor Lysippos. The artif...
Joyeuse is the name given in medieval legend to the personal sword of Charlemagne, the first Holy Roman Emperor. While the mythological weapon appears in 12th-century chansons de geste, the physical sword preserved in the Louvre Museum is a historical coronation sword of the French kings. The surviv...
Joyeuse is the name traditionally given to the sword of the medieval Frankish king and emperor Charlemagne, and it became the coronation sword of the kings of France. A physical sword identified as Joyeuse survives in the Louvre Museum in Paris and was used in French royal coronation ceremonies from...
Jean-Antoine Houdon was a prominent French Neoclassical sculptor celebrated for his highly realistic portrait busts of Enlightenment figures. Around 1771, he sculpted a marble bust of the French philosopher and Encyclopédiste Denis Diderot. Houdon's portrait of Diderot captures the intellectual's di...
Milone Crotoniate is Pierre Puget's marble of Milo of Croton, completed in France and admired for its violent struggle with a lion.
The Lady of Auxerre is a 7th-century BCE Greek limestone figure, notable as a rare Daedalic-style statue linking Near Eastern and Greek forms.
