Our Lady of the Isles
A granite Madonna and Child statue overlooking the western slopes of Ruabhal.
Pasquino
A battered Hellenistic statue famed for anonymous satirical messages in Rome.
Rosenbom
A life-size wooden donation box that asks visitors to lift its hat.
Brunswick Lion
A bronze lion symbolizing ducal power and Welf ambitions.
Dawn
A marble allegory of morning linked to grief, light, and the passage of time.
Gommateshwara
A towering granite figure symbolising Jain ideals of peace and sacrifice.
Apotheosis of St. Louis
A bronze statue of Louis IX once stood as the city’s main symbol.
Marzocco
A heraldic lion resting one paw on Florence’s shield.
Crouching Venus
A crouching goddess caught mid-bath, modestly covering herself with one hand.
Tiber Dionysus
A bronze figure of the Greek god of wine, noted for its Praxitelean style.
Sphinx of Naxos
A marble sphinx with a woman’s head, lion’s body, and bird wings.
Jean de Fiennes
A cloaked figure with outstretched arms and open hands, shown in several studies.
Unique Forms of Continuity in Space
A Futurist figure surges forward, merging speed, force, and time.
Santa Claus
A controversial figure holding an abstract elongated object in his right hand.
Boy with Thorn
A bronze boy pausing to pull a thorn from the sole of his foot.
Golden Driller
A towering oilman statue built on a steel frame and covered in plaster.
The Prodigal Son
A kneeling figure expresses sorrow, pain, and guilt through a tense, pleading pose.
Didarganj Yakshi
A polished sandstone figure with a graceful form and a broken left hand.
Sleeping Ariadne
A reclining sleeper with crossed legs and a tense, uneasy pose.
Citizen Włapko
A satirical figure of a naked boy with an adult’s head and a pleading gesture.
Simón Bolívar Equestrian Statue
A mounted Bolívar raises a sword high above his head in military uniform.
Greetingman
A blue nude figure bowing in a traditional gesture of respect.
St Bibiana
A marble saintly figure marked by restrained tension and Baroque drapery.
Rampin Rider
An archaic marble horseman with detailed curls, a laurel crown, and a famous fragmentary history.
Antinous Braschi
A colossal marble portrait combining Dionysian and Osirian features.
Venus Landolina
A pudically draped Venus rising from the waters, with a dolphin below.
Walking Man I
A lonely bronze figure strides forward with arms hanging at his sides.
Golden Woman
A legendary idol worshipped by northern peoples, described in contradictory early accounts.
Pandora
A neoclassical marble figure showing the moment Pandora receives her box from Jupiter.
Hercules of the Forum Boarium
A gilded bronze hero holding a club and three golden apples.
The Little Mermaid
A bronze mermaid statue on the Langelinie promenade, overlooking Copenhagen Harbour.
Malgré Tout
A nude woman struggles against chains in a powerful gesture of resistance.
Mary Magdalene
A life-sized nude figure in lime wood, covered with flowing red hair.
Napoleon as Mars the Peacemaker
A bronze cast of Canova’s marble tribute, later installed in Milan.
Athena Giustiniani
A celebrated marble Athena with helmet, spear, aegis, and serpent at her feet.
Mutter Kinzig
An iron-cast female Rhine personification that survived war and relocation.
Jesus the Homeless
A bronze figure of Jesus sleeping on a park bench as a homeless man.
Antikythera Ephebe
A rare bronze youth in contrapposto, recovered from a famous shipwreck.
Birth of the New World
A towering bronze work that briefly held the record as North America’s tallest sculpture.
Saint Matthew
An unfinished marble figure that seems to emerge from the stone with intense emotion.
Beautiful Madonna of Wrocław
A refined Gothic image of Mary and the Child with rich drapery and symbolic meaning.
Piraeus Apollo
A monumental bronze figure with archaic features and an unusually refined surface.
Madonna dell'Udienza
A Renaissance marble Virgin carried in procession through Sambuca di Sicilia.
Efebo de Selinunte
A small bronze athlete statue showing a young man making a libation.
The Shade
A figure conceived for The Gates of Hell and later developed into separate versions.
Black Nazarene
Life-sized dark statue of Jesus carrying the True Cross in a genuflecting pose.
Angel with the Crown of Thorns
A Baroque angel holding the crown of thorns from the canonical gospels.
Moses
A brooding marble prophet shown with tablets, horns of wisdom, and intense inward tension.
The Vision of Constantine
An equestrian statue set at the base of the grand Vatican staircase.
Apollino
A celebrated Roman copy of an adolescent Apollo, once among the most copied sculptures.
Statues, Busts and Sculptures
Park sculptures and installations
Ancient World & Antiquity
Middle Ages & Renaissance
Marble & Other Stones
Bronze & Other Metals