Ancient sculpture

Marble and bronze from the classical world — gods, emperors, athletes and fragments — as recorded by museums and photographers. Images free to use without permission.

Torso of ApolloUnknown maker · c. 100–200 CE

Marble statue of HermesPolykleitos · 1st or 2nd century CE

Marble Aphrodite statuetteUnknown maker · 1st century BC

Trophy relief fragmentUnknown maker · 1st–2nd century

Marble statue of a youthUnknown maker · 1st century CE

Torso of VenusUnknown maker · 1–200 CE

Marble statue of the so-called Stephanos AthleteUnknown maker · late 1st century BCE or 1st century CE

Marble statue of a youthUnknown maker · 1st century BCE

Portrait Head of a PhilosopherRoman · Second half of the 2nd century

Head of a Young WomanUnknown maker · 25–1 BCE

Head of MarsRoman · 2nd century

Marble head of EpikourosUnknown maker · 2nd century CE

Limestone statue of Hera or Demeter (?)Unknown maker · ca. 330–200 BCE

Bronze statuette of MercuryUnknown maker · 1st century CE

Sculptures of a Roman consul, Asclepius, and Julius Caesaranonymous · 1538

Fragment of a Portrait Statue of a ManRoman · 2nd century

Fragment of a Grave MonumentGreek · 4th-3rd century BCE

Statue of a Young BoyRoman · 1st century

Bronze statuette of Jupiter CapitolinusUnknown maker · 1st–2nd century CE

Marble sarcophagus fragment: head of a GaulUnknown maker · 160–180 CE

Portrait Head of a ManRoman · Mid–3rd century

Upper part of a marble statue of a womanUnknown maker · 1st–2nd century CE

Three fragments of Roman statues, pl. IITiemen Hooiberg · 1843 - 1845

Female headUnknown maker · mid–5th century BCE

Marble statuette of AphroditeUnknown maker · 3rd century BCE

Limestone statue of ApolloUnknown maker · ca. 3rd–1st century BCE

Marble statue of DionysusUnknown maker · 1st–2nd century CE

Marble statue of AphroditeUnknown maker · 1st or 2nd century CE

Six casts of antique sculptures of Venus, including the Venus de' Medici, the Capitoline Venus, and the Venus de MiloUnknown maker · c. 1864 - in or before 1874

Fragment of a Portrait Statue of a Man, Perhaps a Roman EmperorRoman · late 1st-early 2nd century

Statuette of a Seated WomanGreek · 400-350 BCE

Statue of a Seated WomanRoman · 2nd century

Head of a Young ManGreek · About 2nd century BCE

Statue of the Aphrodite of KnidosRoman · 2nd century

Seated goddess (Aphrodite?)Unknown maker · 4th–3rd century BCE

Torso of a KourosUnknown maker · c. 550 BCE

Relief of a Falling WarriorRoman · 2nd century

Side Panel of a SarcophagusRoman · First half of the 3rd century

Portrait Bust of an Aristocratic WomanUnknown maker · 280–90 CE

Head of a Man or WomanGreek · 3rd-2nd century BCE