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Gloria Victis bronze sculpture of a winged female figure carrying a fallen male warrior on a pedestal.

Gloria Victis

A winged allegorical figure carries a dying soldier toward glory.

 Togatus Barberini, a white marble statue of a man in a toga holding two portrait busts.

Togatus Barberini

A patrician in toga holding busts of his deceased ancestors.

 The Partisans sculpture shows several gaunt figures riding skeletal horses and holding tall poles in a grassy urban park.

The Partisans

An outdoor aluminum monument honoring anti-communist partisans and fighters for freedom.

 Samson Slaying a Philistine marble sculpture showing two muscular figures in a dramatic struggle, with one raising a weapon over the other.

Samson Slaying a Philistine

A spiraling marble group full of drama, movement, and anatomical detail.

 Princesses Monument showing two white classical women in flowing gowns standing together on a base.

Princesses Monument

A celebrated double portrait of two Prussian sisters in life-size form.

 Angelic Salutation carved wooden sculpture with an angel and a woman inside an ornate circular frame

Angelic Salutation

A suspended limewood Annunciation ensemble that survived the Reformation in Nuremberg.

 Raherka and Meresankh limestone statue showing a standing Egyptian man and woman together on a base.

Raherka and Meresankh

A vividly painted limestone pair statue showing an embracing ancient Egyptian couple.

 Music sculpture with three seated figures on a rooftop in Warsaw, including a central woman with outstretched hands and a woman holding a stringed instrument.

Music

An allegorical group created for Warsaw’s MDM as part of a postwar decorative ensemble.

 Ivory Lakshmi statuette with elaborate jewelry, headdress, and carved figures at the sides, displayed upright in a clear case.

Pompeii Lakshmi

A fragmentary ivory woman with jewelry, attendants, and an elaborate hairstyle.

 Varvakeion Athena stands draped with an ornate headdress, holding a small Nike and a shield.

Varvakeion Athena

A Roman marble copy showing Athena with shield, aegis, and a small Nike.

 The Wave by Camille Claudel, with three nude bathers integrated into a cresting stone wave.

The Wave

A great onyx wave about to crash over three nude bathers holding hands.

 The Fountain of Diana, a marble sculpture of a nude woman with a bow embracing a stag, with two dogs on the basin below.

Fountain of Diana

Marble Diana with a bow, hounds, and a deer, once topping a grand fountain.

 Daedalus and Icarus marble sculpture by Antonio Canova, showing an older man fitting wings onto a younger man.

Daedalus and Icarus

An early Canova sculpture balancing ideal beauty with realism and dramatic contrast.

 The Transparente in Toledo Cathedral, showing a richly carved Baroque altarpiece beneath a circular ceiling opening with painted celestial scenes.

Transparente

A dramatic Baroque altarpiece that uses light and hidden openings to illuminate the tabernacle.

 La Danse by Carpeaux, showing a lively sculptural group of nude and semi-nude figures dancing around a central male figure.

La Danse

A lively marble group of dancing figures that caused a public scandal.

 Peine del Viento sculptures silhouetted on rocky coastline beside a dark, choppy sea

Peine del Viento

Three steel sculptures embedded in rocks above the Cantabrian Sea.

 Emmanuel Frémiet\'s Gorilla Carries a Woman sculpture shows an ape-like figure carrying a nude woman over its shoulder.

Gorilla Carries a Woman

A controversial group sculpture that helped shape later images of King Kong.

 Neptune and Triton marble sculpture showing Neptune holding a trident over a kneeling Triton in a museum hall.

Neptune and Triton

A marble Baroque sculpture inspired by a scene from Virgil’s Aeneid.

 Horemheb and Amenia seated side by side on a stone bench, with their hands joined in the center.

Horemheb and Amenia

A double sculpture of the future pharaoh and his wife, joined by intertwined hands.

 Corbridge Lion sculpture displayed on a white pedestal in a museum gallery

Corbridge Lion

A Roman sandstone lion once reused as a fountainhead and later discovered in Corbridge.

 Marble sculpture of Pluto abducting Proserpina, with a multi-headed dog at the base.

The Rape of Proserpina

A dramatic marble group capturing the violent abduction and twisting motion.

 The Goat Amalthea marble sculpture showing a shaggy goat with two small child-like figures beside it.

The Goat Amalthea

An early marble group of putti by Bernini, now in Rome.

 Alma Mater statue with a bronze female figure and two robed figures on a stone pedestal

Alma Mater

A bronze figure in academic dress flanked by symbols of learning and labor.

 Bernini’s Apollo and Daphne marble sculpture showing Apollo lunging toward Daphne as she transforms into a tree.

Apollo and Daphne

A dramatic marble group capturing a nymph’s transformation into a laurel tree.

 Sakuntala bronze sculpture of two nude figures in an intimate embrace

Sakuntala

A young couple embraced in a tender moment of reunion.

 Compianto sul Cristo morto terracotta sculpture showing the dead Christ surrounded by grieving figures with expressive gestures and open mouths.

Compianto sul Cristo morto

Seven life-sized terracotta figures express a deeply dramatic lamentation scene.

 Moss-covered reclining stone statue on a rocky base above a stone basin on a cobblestone street.

Talking Statues of Rome

A group of statues used to display anonymous political satire.

 Sarcophagus of the Spouses showing a smiling man and woman reclining together on a banqueting couch.

Sarcophagus of the Spouses

A reclining Etruscan married couple shown sharing a banquet in the afterlife.

 The Farnese Bull marble sculpture showing a dramatic scene with two men struggling to subdue a bull and a female figure beneath it.

Farnese Bull

A colossal marble group showing the death of Dirce in Greek myth.

 Vaartkapoen bronze sculpture showing a policeman being grabbed by a figure emerging from a manhole.

Vaartkapoen

A mischievous figure from a canal grabs a life-size Brussels policeman.

 Elongated ivory carving of two swimming reindeer on a metal stand.

Swimming Reindeer

Two reindeer carved in sequence on a mammoth tusk tip.

 The Three Shades by Rodin, showing three dark bronze nude figures grouped together with bowed heads.

The Three Shades

Three unfinished bronze figures with repeated silhouettes and violent, unnatural poses.

 The Three Soldiers bronze statue with three wet-looking soldiers standing outdoors among trees.

The Three Soldiers

Three young servicemen stand watch with weapons and solemn expressions.

 Marble sculpture of A Faun Teased by Children showing a muscular nude figure reaching up toward grapes and a child, with another child near the base.

A Faun Teased by Children

A marble work by Bernini and his father, completed in the early 17th century.

 The Rondanini Pietà, a tall unfinished marble sculpture of two intertwined figures on a stone pedestal.

Rondanini Pietà

An unfinished late marble work with elongated, haunting figures.

 Truth Unveiled by Time sculpture showing a reclining nude female figure holding a disc aloft, with a rough unfinished figure behind her.

Truth Unveiled by Time

A marble allegory of truth being revealed by an unfinished figure of Time.

 Ram in a Thicket sculpture showing a golden ram standing on hind legs with dark horns and a stylized golden thicket.

Ram in a Thicket

A gold-covered figure with lapis lazuli horns, shell wool, and a jeweled base.

 Portrait of the Four Tetrarchs, a dark reddish-purple porphyry sculpture of four stylized figures embracing in two pairs.

Portrait of the Four Tetrarchs

A porphyry group of four armored emperors embracing in paired formations.

 Michelangelo’s The Deposition marble sculpture showing the dead Christ supported by three robed figures.

The Deposition

A dramatic vertical Pietà with Christ supported by Mary, Magdalene, and Nicodemus.

 Palestrina Pietà, a partially carved marble sculpture of three figures with a central draped body supported by two others.

Palestrina Pietà

A three-figure marble group with a strong frontal, unfinished quality.

 Hercules and Cacus sculpture on an ornate pedestal in Piazza della Signoria, showing two muscular figures in white marble.

Hercules and Cacus

A monumental Mannerist group placed opposite Michelangelo’s David in Florence.

 Two Giants of Mont\'e Prama statues displayed in a red and black exhibition stand.

Giants of Mont'e Prama

Ancient life-size figures carved from local limestone, depicting warriors, archers, and boxers.

 Jockey of Artemision bronze sculpture showing a young rider leaning forward on a horse in motion inside a museum.

Jockey of Artemision

A vivid bronze horse and rider group with striking motion and realism.

 Ludovisi Dionysus with a satyr and a crouching panther holding grapes

Ludovisi Dionysus

A crowned marble god flanked by a panther and a small satyr.

 Ludovisi Ares seated in white marble, with a small winged child at his leg and a shield beside him.

Ludovisi Ares

A young seated warrior on a trophy of arms, with Cupid at his side.

 Line drawings of the Parthenon pediments, showing one largely intact pediment and one heavily damaged pediment with fragmented figures.

Parthenon Pediments

Marble statues from the temple’s east and west ends, celebrating Athena and Poseidon.

 The Bowman and The Spearman bronze equestrian statues on pedestals flanking a roadway.

The Bowman and The Spearman

Two bronze horsemen stand as dramatic gatekeepers at the park entrance.

 Pietà sculpture in polychrome wood showing the Virgin Mary supporting the lifeless body of Christ.

Pietà

The Virgin Mary supports Christ’s lifeless body in a moving Baroque scene.

 Dancers of Delphi sculpture with three draped female figures on a carved column base in a museum hall.

Dancers of Delphi

Three classical figures that once supported a tripod above an acanthus column.

 Cupid and Psyche marble sculpture showing two youthful figures embracing and kissing.

Cupid and Psyche

A graceful marble group admired for its balance and sentimental appeal.