Waldgirmes Horse's Head
A gilded bronze Roman fragment, likely from an equestrian statue of Augustus.
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.
Portrait of Eleanor of Aragon
A refined marble bust showing an idealized female face and elegantly veiled hair.
Diana of Versailles
A dynamic marble huntress shown reaching for an arrow beside a doe.
Kouros of Apollonas
An unfinished 10.7-meter marble figure left in an ancient quarry.
Bust of the Saviour
Bernini’s final sculpture, long thought lost and later linked to a rediscovered bust.
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.
David
A tense, life-size marble figure poised to launch the fatal stone.
Young Archer
A marble statue with disputed attribution and a possible link to a lost Cupid.
Bust of a Princess
An idealized marble bust with a perfectly square, balanced form.
Equestrian Statue of Simón Bolívar
A bronze equestrian figure of Bolívar in military dress, holding his hat.
Inkpot Madonna
A graceful late Gothic Madonna with the Christ Child learning to write.
Józef Piłsudski Monument
A bust of the marshal in uniform, set on a pedestal with a commemorative inscription.
Cobblestone
A bronze allegory of revolution showing an insurgent worker poised to strike.
Theseus and the Minotaur
A calm neoclassical group showing victory of reason over irrationality.
Heracles and Nessus
A powerful sculptural group marked by the centaur’s dramatic, elastic twist.
Atlas
A bronze Art Deco titan holding the heavens above his shoulders.
Appeal to the Great Spirit
A Native American rider reaches skyward in a powerful spiritual gesture.
The Face of Barcelona
An abstract mosaic portrait inspired by Gaudí’s trencadís technique.
Lady of Cerro de los Santos
A richly dressed standing figure offering a vessel in both hands.
Marforio
A reclining bearded river god with a bare torso and draped lower body.
Rape of the Sabine Women
A twisting marble group showing three intertwined figures in dramatic motion.
Madonna di Trapani
A medieval statue of Mary linked to legends of rescue, miracles, and veneration.
Saint John the Baptist
A larger-than-life bronze figure inspired by an Italian peasant named Pignatelli.
Friesentor Madonna
A refined devotional Virgin and Child sculpture from late 14th-century Cologne.
Young Mother in the Grotto
A tender maternal scene set against rough rock and deep shadow.
Avarice and Lust
A twisting figure of greed embraces a woman in a dramatic, fragmented composition.
Desolation
A melancholic modernist nude praised for its symbolic purity.
Gonzaga Cameo
A Hellenistic sardonyx gem showing deified rulers and rich imperial symbolism.
Oviri
A haunting ceramic figure showing wild hair, fierce eyes, and animal struggle.
Beautiful Virgin Mary from Krużlowa
A late Gothic limewood Madonna showing Mary with the Child and an apple.
Danaid
A nude, remorseful woman bent over rock, caught in endless punishment.
Preliminary Works
Terracotta models reveal how Bernini refined the design through multiple stages.
Storia
A marble sculpture inspired by one of antiquity’s greatest lost wonders.
Saint Peter
Depicted in motion, it reflects an early turn toward dynamic form.
Medusa Rondanini
A striking marble head showing the fearful stare of death with powerful expression.
Kanaris at Chios
A marble scene of Greek sailors attacking an Ottoman flagship in wartime.
Apollo Strangford
A nude youth in marble, combining kouros traditions with early Classical style.
Equestrian Statue of George IV
A bronze equestrian king in Roman dress, placed in Trafalgar Square.
Orfeo y Eurídice
Two figures capture the tragic moment of doubt and loss from myth.
Charging Bull
A bronze bull poised to charge, symbolizing strength and financial optimism.
Bear of Porcuna
A seated funerary bear with a raised paw resting on a carved herma.
Statues, Busts and Sculptures
Park sculptures and installations
Ancient World & Antiquity
Middle Ages & Renaissance
Marble & Other Stones
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