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Gérôme - Painting Breathes Life into Sculpture

Gérôme - Painting Breathes Life into Sculpture

AKA Painting Breathes Life into Sculpture Public domain photograph of 19th-century female portrait painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Greek - Standing Draped Maiden - Walters 48288 - Profile

Greek - Standing Draped Maiden - Walters 48288 - Profile

The willowy shape and the draping of the fabric on top of the maiden's high, "melon" hairstyle are typically South Italian. The statuette was originally brightly painted.

Chéneau en pierre et ornements en terre cuite de la Sicile et de Métaponte. Restaurations partielles du temple de Thésée à Athènes, et de celui de Nèmèsis à Rhamnus. Page of L’Architecture Polychrome chez les Grecs, published in 1851

Chéneau en pierre et ornements en terre cuite de la Sicile et de Métap...

Page of L’Architecture Polychrome chez les Grecs, published in 1851

Façades partielles du Parthénon et du temple d'Égine, avec la coloration que ces monuments avaient conservée; frontons, frises et autres fragments d'architecture. Page of L’Architecture Polychrome chez les Grecs, published in 1851

Façades partielles du Parthénon et du temple d'Égine, avec la colorati...

Page of L’Architecture Polychrome chez les Grecs, published in 1851

L’Architecture Polychrome chez les Grecs. 1846. Frontispiece from “Restitution du temple d’Empédocle à Sélinonte, Paris,” published in 1851

L’Architecture Polychrome chez les Grecs. 1846. Frontispiece from “Res...

L’Architecture Polychrome chez les Grecs. 1846. Frontispiece from “Restitution du temple d’Empédocle à Sélinonte, Paris,” published in 1851

Élévation laterale partielle du temple d'Empédocle, et fragments d'architecture coloriée ...'. Page of L’Architecture Polychrome chez les Grecs, published in 1851

Élévation laterale partielle du temple d'Empédocle, et fragments d'arc...

Page of L’Architecture Polychrome chez les Grecs, published in 1851

Élévation laterale partielle du temple d'Empédocle, et fragments d'architecture coloriée ...'. Page of L’Architecture Polychrome chez les Grecs, published in 1851 (1)

Élévation laterale partielle du temple d'Empédocle, et fragments d'arc...

Page of L’Architecture Polychrome chez les Grecs, published in 1851

Star Lore Of All Ages (1911), 0169, Actæon Attacked by the Hounds of Diana

Star Lore Of All Ages (1911), 0169, Actæon Attacked by the Hounds of D...

Artemis and Actaeon, abs relief found at Temple E at Selinus in Sicily.

Pennethorne Temple of Medinet Habu detail

Pennethorne Temple of Medinet Habu detail

Detail view of the Temple of Medinet Haboo, from: John Pennethorne: The Geometry and Optics of Ancient Architecture, Illustrated By Examples from Thebes, Athens and Rome, London and Edinburgh, Williams and Norgate, 1878.

Reconstitution de la polychromie du retable de Carrières-sur-Seine

Reconstitution de la polychromie du retable de Carrières-sur-Seine

Reconstruction of the polychromy of the altarpiece of Carrières-sur-Seine. Français : Reconstitution de la polychromie du retable de Carrières-sur-Seine.

Woman head Antikenmuseum Basel Kuhn35

Woman head Antikenmuseum Basel Kuhn35

Deutsch: Frauenkopf; braune Haare und weiße Haut sind weibliche Symbole. Polychrome Terrakotta aus Taranto, Ende des 4. Jahrhundert v. Chr. Antikenmuseum Basel und Sammlung Ludwig, Inv. Kuhn 35. English: Woma... More

"Head of Julia, emperor Titus' daughter (so called "Livia")" - Detail of the statue with polychromy (1st century AD) from Macellum of Pompeii - Exhibition "Hero" up July 31, 2018 at Archaeological Museum of Naples (41831305684)

"Head of Julia, emperor Titus' daughter (so called "Livia")" - Detail ...

"Head of Julia, emperor Titus' daughter (so called "Livia")" - Detail of the statue with polychromy (1st century AD) from Macellum of Pompeii - Exhibition "Hero" up July 31, 2018 at Archaeological Museum of Naples

Cycladic, c. 2500-2400 B.C.E., White marble with traces of polychrome

Cycladic, c. 2500-2400 B.C.E., White marble with traces of polychrome

Female Cycladic figure, c. 2500-2400 B.C.E., marble with traces of polychrome, 25 1/2 in. (64.8 cm), Honolulu Museum of Art, accession 4386.1

Plaque Campana - Scène au bord du Nil (Louvre, S 827)

Plaque Campana - Scène au bord du Nil (Louvre, S 827)

Plaque Campana - Scene on the banks of Nile river. 1st century BC. Terracotta. Campana collection purchase 1861. Louvre museum (Paris, France). Français : Plaque Campana - Scène au bord du Nil. Ier siècle av.... More

Stèle funéraire de Démétrias (Louvre, Ma 3690)

Stèle funéraire de Démétrias (Louvre, Ma 3690)

Français : Stèle funéraire polychrome. Démétrias (aujourd'hui Volos). Hauteur : 43,5 cm. Vers 250 av. J.-C.

Duel fratricide d'Étéocle et de Polynice (Louvre, Cp 3703)

Duel fratricide d'Étéocle et de Polynice (Louvre, Cp 3703)

Fraterideal duel of Eteocles and Polynices. Etruscan funeral urn. Chiusi. 150-100 BC. Terracotta. Campana collection purchase 1861. Louvre museum (Paris, France). Français : Duel fratricide d'Étéocle et de Po... More

Roundel of Alexander the Great (10458922934)

Roundel of Alexander the Great (10458922934)

Getty Villa Museum, Los Angeles, California: Roman, Greek, and Etruscan Antiquities. Complete indexed photo collection at WorldHistoryPics.com.

Marble capital and finial in the form of a sphinx

Marble capital and finial in the form of a sphinx

Marble capital and finial in the form of a sphinx

Amth 79

Amth 79

Collection of Archaeological Museum of Thebes

Amth 59

Amth 59

Collection of Archaeological Museum of Thebes

Amth 05

Amth 05

Collection of Archaeological Museum of Thebes

Amth 64

Amth 64

Collection of Archaeological Museum of Thebes

Amth 63

Amth 63

Collection of Archaeological Museum of Thebes

Deer hunt mosaic from Pella

Deer hunt mosaic from Pella

A deer hunt, detail from the mosaic floor signed Gnosis in the 'House of the Abduction of Helen' at Pella, Greece (ancient Macedonia), late 4th century BC, Pella Archaeological Museum. Signed "Gnosis made it". ... More

Olympia Museum terracotta warrior T3

Olympia Museum terracotta warrior T3

Terracotta statue of a Greek warrior with original painted decoration.

Figurine Musée Mariemont 08112015 1

Figurine Musée Mariemont 08112015 1

Français : Figurine "à bec d'oiseau", Grèce ou Chypre, 6ème siècle avant JC, terre cuite et traces de polychromie. Musée de Mariemont.

Canosan ceramics Musée Mariemont 08112015 2

Canosan ceramics Musée Mariemont 08112015 2

Canosan vase, greek art, south Italy, 3rd century BC. Mudée de Mariemont. ( back view ).

Canosan ceramics Musée Mariemont 08112015 1

Canosan ceramics Musée Mariemont 08112015 1

Canosan vase, greek art, south Italy, 3rd century BC. Musée de Mariemont, Belgium.

Figurine Musée Mariemont 08112015 2

Figurine Musée Mariemont 08112015 2

Français : Figurine "à bec d'oiseau", Grèce ou Chypre, 6ème siècle avant JC, terre cuite et traces de polychromie. Musée de Mariemont.

Figurine Musée Mariemont 08112015 3

Figurine Musée Mariemont 08112015 3

Français : Figurine "à bec d'oiseau", Grèce ou Chypre, 6ème siècle avant JC, terre cuite et traces de polychromie. Musée de Mariemont.

Figurines Musée Mariemont 08112015 1

Figurines Musée Mariemont 08112015 1

Français : Figurines "à bec d'oiseau", Grèce ou Chypre, 6ème siècle avant JC, terre cuite et traces de polychromie. Musée de Mariemont.

Figurine Musée Mariemont 08112015 4

Figurine Musée Mariemont 08112015 4

Français : Figurine "à bec d'oiseau", Grèce ou Chypre, 6ème siècle avant JC, terre cuite et traces de polychromie. Musée de Mariemont.

Ancient greek polychrome Gorgona antefix Eretria Greece

Ancient greek polychrome Gorgona antefix Eretria Greece

Français : Antéfixe grec ancien polychrome, représentant une gorgone. Érétrie, Eubée, Grèce. English: Ancient greek polychrome antefix, featuring a Gorgona. Archaeological Museum of Eretria Native name Αρχα... More

Orestes Delphi BM GR1917.12-10.1

Orestes Delphi BM GR1917.12-10.1

Orestes at Delphi. Paestan red-figured bell-krater, ca. 330 BC. Français : Oreste à Delphes. Cratère en cloche paestan à figures rouges, vers 330 av. J.-C.

Tourist Attraction - Greek art

Tourist Attraction - Greek art

Picryl description: Public domain image of a historical building, landmark architecture, world heritage, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

LA2-NSRW-2-0344 - A painting of a woman standing on a pedestal

LA2-NSRW-2-0344 - A painting of a woman standing on a pedestal

Student's Reference Book, Chicago, F. E. Compton and Company 1914

Aphaia Eastern Pediment - Public domain dedication image

Aphaia Eastern Pediment - Public domain dedication image

Colourful Reconstruction of the classic Eastern pediment of the Temple of Aphaia at Aegina. Français : Reconstruction en couleur du fronton ouest d'époque classique du temple d'Alphaia à Égine.

Altes Museum - Tanagra Figurine1

Altes Museum - Tanagra Figurine1

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Altes Museum - Tanagra Figurine2

Altes Museum - Tanagra Figurine2

Public domain image - related to German history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Altes Museum - Tanagra Figurine3

Altes Museum - Tanagra Figurine3

Picryl description: Public domain photo of antique sculpture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Neues Museum - Kopf einer männlichen Statue

Neues Museum - Kopf einer männlichen Statue

Public domain reproduction of artwork related to ancient civilizations, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Zaragoza - Museo - Cabeza de sátiro 02

Zaragoza - Museo - Cabeza de sátiro 02

Español: Cabeza de sátiro (siglo I ddC). Caesaraugusta. Marmol blanco con restos de pintura original English: Satyr's head (I c. aC). Caesaraugusta. White marmor with rests of original painting Italiano: Tes... More

Zaragoza - Museo - Cabeza de sátiro 01

Zaragoza - Museo - Cabeza de sátiro 01

Español: Cabeza de sátiro (siglo I ddC). Caesaraugusta. Marmol blanco con restos de pintura original English: Satyr's head (I c. aC). Caesaraugusta. White marmor with rests of original painting Italiano: Tes... More

Antike Polychromie 1 - A drawing of a building with a horse on top of it
Antike Polychromie 3 - Fresco, public domain photogrpaph

Antike Polychromie 3 - Fresco, public domain photogrpaph

Coloured details of classic roman architecture.

Alcibiades and friend - detail from Phidias and the Parthenon marbles by Alma Tadema

Alcibiades and friend - detail from Phidias and the Parthenon marbles ...

Public domain image of classical or neoclassical art inspired by classical Greece, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Pompeii Fresco 003 - Fresco, public domain photogrpaph

Pompeii Fresco 003 - Fresco, public domain photogrpaph

Public domain reproduction of artwork related to ancient civilizations, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Pompeii Painter - Fresco, public domain photogrpaph

Pompeii Painter - Fresco, public domain photogrpaph

Picryl description: Public domain image related to classical Greece, ancient Greek architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions

Semper Parthenon 1 - Drawing. Public domain image.

Semper Parthenon 1 - Drawing. Public domain image.

Detail of the Parthenon, Akropolis, Athens. Painted by Gottfried Semper. Public domain photograph of a horse chariot, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Apollon nymphagète et les Nymphes

Apollon nymphagète et les Nymphes

Apollon Nymphagetes and the Nymphs, relief of the Passage of Theori, from the agora of Thasos.

Blouet Poirot Egine - Public domain architectural drawing

Blouet Poirot Egine - Public domain architectural drawing

Public domain scan of architectural drawing, architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Casa dei vettii ixion - Fresco, public domain photogrpaph

Casa dei vettii ixion - Fresco, public domain photogrpaph

House of Vettii in Pompeii; watecolor by Luigi Bazzani. Italiano: Casa dei Vettii a Pompei; acquerello di Luigi Bazzani. Français : Maison des Vettii à Pompéi; aquerelle de Luigi Bazzani.

Cavalier Chypre AM236 Louvre - Egypt

Cavalier Chypre AM236 Louvre - Egypt

Français : Cavalier Chypro-géométrique III (VIIIe siècle avant J.-C.) Chypre Terre cuite polychrome H. : 14,50 cm. ; L. : 12,50 cm. ; Pr. : 5,10 cm. Acquisition 1890 Département des Antiquités orientales A... More

Janvanden Dale Brugge

Janvanden Dale Brugge

Christ on the Cross, Chapel of Our Lady of the Blind; Sculpture: anonymous (?; Original polychromy (which seems to be lost) ascribed to Jan van den Dale Nederlands: Christus aan het Kruis, Kapel van Onze Liev... More

Trapezophoros con due grifoni che sbranano una cerva

Trapezophoros con due grifoni che sbranano una cerva

Italiano: Sostegno di mensa (Trapezophoros) con due grifoni che sbranano una cerva. Scultura in marmo policromo (IV sec. a.C.) appertenuta ad una tomba dell'élite principesca dauna. Rinvenuta ad Ascoli Satrian... More

Young man Idalion Louvre AO1329

Young man Idalion Louvre AO1329

Young man with pointed cap. Limestone, Cypro-Archaic II (middle of the 6th century). From Idalion, Cyprus. Français : Jeune homme au bonnet pointu. Calcaire, Chypro-Archaïque II (milieu du VIe siècle av. J.-C... More

Arula Herakles Triton Louvre CA5956

Arula Herakles Triton Louvre CA5956

Arula (small altar): polychrome relief showing the fight of Heracles and Triton. From Sicily (Gela?), made in Metaponte (?), third quarter of the 6th century BC. Español: Arula (pequeño altar): relieve policr... More

Head Medusa BM GR1867.5-10.2

Head Medusa BM GR1867.5-10.2

Head of a marine Medusa, probably an ornament decorating the box. Bronze, Roman artwork, ca. 50–75 CE. Français : Tête de Méduse marine, probablement un ornement décorant une boîte. Bronze, œuvre romaine, ver... More

Delphi tripod - A painting on a wall of a woman with a sword

Delphi tripod - A painting on a wall of a woman with a sword

Delphic tripod. Paestan red-figured bell-krater, ca. 330 BC.

Statuette actor Petit Palais ADUT00192

Statuette actor Petit Palais ADUT00192

Tragic actor. Polychrom ivory statuette, 1st century. From Rome? Français : Acteur tragique. Statuette en ivoire polychrome, Ier siècle. Provenance : Rome ?

Isis-Aphrodite Petit Palais ADUT01910

Isis-Aphrodite Petit Palais ADUT01910

Isis-Aphrodite. Polychrom terracotta, Alexandria, 1st century. Français : Isis-Aphrodite. Terre cuite polychrome, Alexandrie, Ier siècle.

Spinario Musei Capitolini MC1186 n2

Spinario Musei Capitolini MC1186 n2

Detail of the Spinario or Thorn-Puller. Greek artwork of the Late Helelnistic era after classical and hellenistic models. Français : Détail du Tireur d'épine. Œuvre grec hellénistique tardif d'après des modèl... More

Lady in blue Louvre MNB907

Lady in blue Louvre MNB907

Figurine of the type of the Large Herculaneum Woman. Gilt and painted terracotta, Tanagran artwork. Français : Figurine du type de la Grande Herculanaise. Femme drapée dans son himation tenant un éventail. Te... More

Votive plaque Louvre MNB324 - Egypt

Votive plaque Louvre MNB324 - Egypt

Votive plaque dedicated by a man suffering from sore eyes and a malformed foot (?). Polychromic limestone, Roman Imperial Era. From Golgoi, Cyprus. Français : Ex-voto d'un homme souffrant des yeux et d'une ma... More

Goddess Trikomo Louvre N3497

Goddess Trikomo Louvre N3497

Statue of a goddess, limestone with traces of polychromy. Cypro-Archaic II (middle of the 6th century BC). Found in Trikomo, Cyprus. Français : Déesse, calcaire avec des traces de polychromie. Chypro-archaïqu... More

Tourist Attraction - Egastinai frieze Louvre MR825

Tourist Attraction - Egastinai frieze Louvre MR825

So-called Ergastinai (“weavers”) block, from the east frieze of the Parthenon in Athens. Traces of ancient polychromy, Pentelic marble, c. 445–435 B.C. Français : Fragment de la plaque dite « des Ergastines »... More

Egastinai frieze Louvre MR825 detail

Egastinai frieze Louvre MR825 detail

Athenian woman wearing the chiton, detail. Fragment from the Ergastinai (“weavers”) frieze, from the Parthenon in Athens. Traces of ancient polychromy, Pentelic marble, c. 445–435 B.C. Français : Athénienne p... More

Faunus Vienna Ma528 - A close up of a statue of a boy

Faunus Vienna Ma528 - A close up of a statue of a boy

Bust of a satyr. Marble with traces of polychromy, Roman artwork of the Imperial Era (ca. 1st or 2d century CE), copy of a Hellenistic type. Français : Buste d'un satyre. Œuvre romaine d'époque impériale, cop... More

Votive feet Louvre AM3349-3350

Votive feet Louvre AM3349-3350

Votive feet, Roman Imperial Era. Français : Pieds votifs, époque impériale romaine.

Youth boots BM D128 - A statue of a man holding a bag

Youth boots BM D128 - A statue of a man holding a bag

Naked youth wearing boots. Terracotta figurine, made at Canosa (Apulia, modern Puglia), ca. 250–200 BC. From Canosa di Puglia. Français : Jeune homme nu portant des bottes. Figurine en terre cuite, fabriqué à... More

Glazed brick fragments with rosette decoration, 539-330 BC, burned and glazed clay, from Babylon, from Babylon, VA Bab 04216, VA Bab 04787, VA Bab 04788, Vorderasiatisches Museum Berlin

Glazed brick fragments with rosette decoration, 539-330 BC, burned and...

Glazed brick fragments with rosette decoration, 539-330 BC, burned and glazed clay, from Babylon, from Babylon, VA Bab 04216, VA Bab 04787, VA Bab 04788, Vorderasiatisches Museum Berlin

Altes Museum-Tanagra-lady with fan

Altes Museum-Tanagra-lady with fan

Deutsch: Stehende Frau mit Sonnenhut und Fächer, am blauen Mantel breite Goldborte. Aus Tanagra, 325-300 v. Chr. English: Lady with blue and gilt garment, fan and sun hat, from Tanagra 325-300 BC. Français : ... More

Silenus Eros CdM, Italy

Silenus Eros CdM, Italy

Silenus and Eros. Fragment from a terracotta relief, early 1st century AD. Found in 1760 at Scrofano, Latium. Français : Silène et Éros. Fragment d'un relief en terre cuite, début du Ier siècle ap. J.-C. Trou... More

Blouet Trézel Egine - Drawing. Public domain image.

Blouet Trézel Egine - Drawing. Public domain image.

Abel Blouet et Pierre Félix Trézel, «Temple de Jupiter Panhellénien. Façade Ouest restaurée.» in Expédition scientifique de Morée. Section des Beaux-Arts., tome III, planche 55., 1831. Il s'agit en fait du temp... More

Dionysus holding an egg and a cock, terracotta from Tanagra, Greece, c. 350 BC
Etruscan sarcophagus SMS n4

Etruscan sarcophagus SMS n4

Etruscan sarcophagus, detail of the lid. Museum Santa Maria della Scala, Siena. Français : Sarcophage étrusque, détail du sarcophage. Complexe muséal de Santa Maria della Scala, Sienne. Italiano: Sarcofago e... More