Hope Dionysus
A Roman marble Dionysus figure draped in panther skin and a short chiton.
La Danse
A lively marble group of dancing figures that caused a public scandal.
Venus Italica
A marble replacement for the Venus de Medici, created by Antonio Canova.
Peine del Viento
Three steel sculptures embedded in rocks above the Cantabrian Sea.
Gorilla Carries a Woman
A controversial group sculpture that helped shape later images of King Kong.
Apoxyomenos
An athlete pauses mid-cleaning, captured in a graceful contrapposto pose.
Neptune and Triton
A marble Baroque sculpture inspired by a scene from Virgil’s Aeneid.
Horemheb and Amenia
A double sculpture of the future pharaoh and his wife, joined by intertwined hands.
Havmannen
A granite figure standing knee-deep in the fjord, gazing out to sea.
Coatlicue
A monumental Aztec figure with serpent skirt, severed head, and a necklace of hearts.
Francesco Barberini Bust
A marble bust based closely on a portrait by Caravaggio.
Alley of Classics
Bronze busts line a park walkway on polished red granite pedestals.
San Juan Patrón
An accompanying devotional image linked to the revered Cristo Negro of Esquipulas.
Apennine Colossus
A monumental stone giant with grottoes, water effects, and mythological references.
Man walking to the sky
A painted figure strides upward along a towering, tilted steel tube.
Bust of Cardinal Scipione Borghese
An immediate, expressive portrait revealing a crack later concealed by a second version.
Grifo de Redován
A mythological half-man, half-eagle figure with striking proto-Hellenic features.
Kouros
An archaic marble youth statue with a frontal stance and elaborate hair.
Corbridge Lion
A Roman sandstone lion once reused as a fountainhead and later discovered in Corbridge.
Chimera of Arezzo
An Etruscan bronze beast shown wounded in its final struggle.
Djedefre sphinx head
A quartzite royal head with expressive features and evidence of a sphinx form.
El Caballito
A bronze equestrian monument once nearly destroyed after Mexican independence.
Warka Mask
An early female face with almond eyes, a geometric form, and intense expression.
The Rape of Proserpina
A dramatic marble group capturing the violent abduction and twisting motion.
The Goat Amalthea
An early marble group of putti by Bernini, now in Rome.
Abbot Luigi
A late Roman statue of a high magistrate, famed for satirical verses.
Venus Victrix
A life-size reclining neo-Classical portrait of Pauline Bonaparte as a goddess.
Brutus
A marble bust with a dramatic turn of the head and unfinished details.
Blessed Soul
A bust by Bernini, created around 1619 as a companion piece.
Alma Mater
A bronze figure in academic dress flanked by symbols of learning and labor.
Apollo and Daphne
A dramatic marble group capturing a nymph’s transformation into a laurel tree.
Sakuntala
A young couple embraced in a tender moment of reunion.
Holbeinpferd
A concrete foal sculpture in Freiburg known for many anonymous alterations.
Khafre Enthroned
An immobile royal figure in hard stone, balanced and eternally composed.
Sleeping Maenad
A reclining nude figure on a panther skin, with losses and modern plaster repairs.
Crucifix
A striking nude crucified Christ carved in white Carrara marble.
Bacchus
A sensual marble figure inspired by classical antiquity and hedonism.
Hercules
A rare gilded bronze figure with club, lion skin, and golden apples.
Giustiniani Hestia
A finely carved marble figure with austere features and flowing drapery.
Saint Rossore Reliquary
A realistic gilded bronze bust that breaks from medieval reliquary tradition.
Compianto sul Cristo morto
Seven life-sized terracotta figures express a deeply dramatic lamentation scene.
Santa Croce Crucifix
A strikingly realistic polychrome wooden crucifix that once drew criticism for its naturalism.
Antinous Mondragone
A colossal marble head linked to the cult of deified Antinous.
The Young Woman of Amajac
A limestone figure of an Indian woman in a tunic and ankle-length skirt.
Equestrian Statue of Louis XIV
An equestrian portrait that was later altered into a statue of Marcus Curtius.
Saint Paul
One of four marble figures made for the Piccolomini Altarpiece in Siena Cathedral.
Krumlov Madonna
A graceful late Gothic Virgin and Child with a softly dramatic, flower-like form.
Talking Statues of Rome
A group of statues used to display anonymous political satire.
Sarcophagus of the Spouses
A reclining Etruscan married couple shown sharing a banquet in the afterlife.
Femme
A symbolic figure with a conical body, curved appendages, and a moon-shaped mark.
Statues, Busts and Sculptures
Park sculptures and installations
Ancient World & Antiquity
Middle Ages & Renaissance
Marble & Other Stones
Bronze & Other Metals