National Katyń Memorial
A towering Baltimore monument honoring victims of the 1940 Katyn massacre.
Milo of Croton
A dramatic marble group showing the athlete’s fatal struggle with a lion.
Arles Bust
A life-size marble bust found in the Rhône near Arles.
Hermes Belvedere
A standing nude with a travel cloak and a melancholic, downward gaze.
Mephistopheles and Margaretta
Double-sided carvings portray a demon and a young woman from Faust.
Monumento a Franco
A sculptural fountain honoring Franco’s victory, now surrounded by controversy.
The Wall
A minimalist artwork built into a SoHo building, later removed and reinstalled.
Equestrian Statue of Louis XIII
A white marble horseman monument showing the king in Roman imperial dress.
Marine Corps War Memorial
Bronze figures of six soldiers raising a flag on Mount Suribachi.
Stork Fountain
Three storks poised to depart above a stone basin and bronze bowl.
Bust of Nefertiti
An idealized polychrome portrait with one missing eye and striking symmetry.
Thanksgiving Candle
A candle-shaped monument honoring the unknown heroes of Moldova.
Perseus and the Gorgon
A dynamic neo-Baroque group showing Perseus about to behead Medusa.
Kościuszkowców Memorial
A wartime memorial honoring a failed effort to support the Warsaw Uprising.
Waldgirmes Horse's Head
A gilded bronze Roman fragment, likely from an equestrian statue of Augustus.
Scior Carera
An ancient marble relief of a toga-clad man, long used for satirical messages.
Lion Monument
A dying lion carved into a sandstone grotto honors fallen Swiss Guards.
Meroë Head
A striking bronze portrait of Augustus buried beneath a temple staircase.
Riace bronzes
Two full-size bronze warriors that reveal remarkable ancient Greek craftsmanship.
Kroisos Kouros
A majestic Archaic youth with a classic stride and faint smile.
Saint Petronius
A marble statue designed to be seen from below, later completed by Michelangelo.
Het Zinneke
A life-size stray dog sculpture with a raised leg and playful Brussels humor.
Bust of Pushkin in Chernihiv
A bronze portrait bust on a black marble and granite pedestal.
Gero Cross
An early carved crucifix of Christ with a bowed head and sinuous body.
Brescia Casket
A rare ivory box with 36 finely carved early Christian scenes.
A Lluís Millet
A realistic life-size bronze tribute installed beside the Palau de la Música Catalana.
Pillar of Shame
A memorial series of bronze, copper, or concrete sculptures marking historical tragedies.
Rhine Water Fountain
A bronze river god fountain once mocked in Strasbourg for its playful pose.
Portrait of Eleanor of Aragon
A refined marble bust showing an idealized female face and elegantly veiled hair.
Victory Arch
Two towering crossed swords held aloft by arms and surrounded by helmets.
Diana of Versailles
A dynamic marble huntress shown reaching for an arrow beside a doe.
Sea Organ
Stone steps and hidden pipes turn sea movement into unique melodies.
Kouros of Apollonas
An unfinished 10.7-meter marble figure left in an ancient quarry.
New Bach Monument
A bronze composer stands before an organ, shown as if conducting.
Bust of the Saviour
Bernini’s final sculpture, long thought lost and later linked to a rediscovered bust.
UFO Memorial
A concrete altar marking the traces of a supposed UFO landing in Sweden.
Head of a Philosopher
Damaged bronze head from a shipwreck, possibly portraying a Greek thinker.
Mano del Desierto
A towering concrete hand rising from the desert beside Chile’s Pan-American Highway.
Bust of King Charles I
An influential royal portrait that helped define the visual language of absolutism.
Goethe and Schiller Monument
Bronze figures of two literary giants stand side by side atop a stone pedestal.
Equestrian Statue of Joseph I
Bronze equestrian monument commemorating a king known as “the Reformer.”
David
A tense, life-size marble figure poised to launch the fatal stone.
Gayer-Anderson cat
A bronze cat statue adorned with gold ornament and protective symbols.
Regisole
An ancient bronze rider statue, once a symbol of Pavia’s power.
Young Archer
A marble statue with disputed attribution and a possible link to a lost Cupid.
Fontana della Navicella
A decorated Roman galley replica set into a fountain beside a Roman church.
Dom Pedro I Equestrian Statue
A historic bronze monument honoring Brazil’s first emperor in Tiradentes Square.
Bronze Soldier
A bronze Soviet soldier statue set on a dolomite stonewall memorial.
Benito Juarez
A tribute to Mexico’s reformer and defender of democracy.
Rachis Altar
An early medieval marble altar with richly carved biblical scenes and traces of former colour.
Statues, Busts and Sculptures
Park sculptures and installations
Ancient World & Antiquity
Middle Ages & Renaissance
Marble & Other Stones
Bronze & Other Metals