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Currently displayed in the Louvre Museum, this 2nd-century BC marble statue depicts the Greek goddess Nike and is renowned for its dynamic, flowing drapery.
This colossal Lamassu is an 8th-century BCE Assyrian winged bull with a human head, carved to guard the palace of King Sargon II in Khorsabad, located in modern-day Iraq.
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 attributed to the legendary sword of Charlemagne, though the surviving medieval coronation sword currently displayed in the Louvre dates largely to the 13th century.
Kept in the Louvre Museum, Joyeuse is the legendary coronation sword of the kings of France, historically attributed to the Emperor Charlemagne.
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.
