Statues

The Dying Gaul
The Dying Gaul
The Dying Galatian, sometimes called the Dying Gladiator or Galatian Capitolin (Italian: Galata Morente), is the Roman marble copy of a lost Greek original from the Hellenistic period (323-31 BC),... Read more...
Barberini Faun
Barberini Faun
The Barberini Faun is an ancient Greek marble statue of a sleeping satyr from the Hellenistic period, probably from the late second century BC. It is kept in the Glyptothek... Read more...
Hercules and Cacus
Hercules and Cacus
Hercules and Macacus is a marble sculpture by Baccio Bandinelli located in Piazza della Signoria in front of Palazzo Vecchio and next to what is now a copy of Michelangelo's... Read more...
Neptune and Triton
Neptune and Triton
Neptune and Triton is one of the first sculptures by the Italian artist Gian Lorenzo Bernini. Created between 1622 and 1623, it is on display at the Victoria and Albert... Read more...
Venus of Willendorf
Venus of Willendorf
The Venus of Willendorf is a Venus figurine from the Gravettian period discovered in 1908, about 11 cm tall and almost 30,000 years old. It is Austria's most famous archaeological... Read more...
Perseus with the Head of Medusa
Perseus with the Head of Medusa
Perseus holding the head of Medusa is a bronze sculpture by Benvenuto Cellini, inaugurated in 1554 under the Loggia dei Lanzi1, in the Piazza della Signoria in Florence. It is... Read more...
The Three Graces Statue
The Three Graces Statue
Antonio Canova's Three Graces is a neoclassical marble sculpture of the three Charites of mythology, daughters of Zeus - identified in some of the engravings of the statue as, from... Read more...
Diana of Versailles
Diana of Versailles
The Diana of Versailles, also known as Diana the Huntress (Artemis), is an imperial Roman copy (first century) of a Greek bronze original from the fourth century BC, generally attributed... Read more...
Farnese Hercules
Farnese Hercules
The Farnese Hercules (Italian: Ercole Farnese) is a 317 cm high Hellenistic High Period marble sculpture of Hercules by Glycon (or Glykon) of Athens, dating from the early second century,... Read more...
Doryphoros
Doryphoros
Doryphoros ("spear-bearer") is the name given to a type of statue preserved in several marble copies of Roman times, the original of which goes back to a bronze statue by... Read more...
Aphrodite of Knidos
Aphrodite of Knidos
The Aphrodite of Cnidus, Aphrodite Cnidea or Venus of Cnidus was one of the most famous sculptures of the Greek author Praxiteles and one of his first works, made in... Read more...
Riace Bronzes
Riace Bronzes
The warriors or bronzes of Riace are two Greek sculptures in bronze dated to the fifth century BC (around 460 for the warrior A and around 430 for the warrior... Read more...
Peplos Kore
Peplos Kore
The statue of a girl called Peploscore is one of the most famous examples of the archaic art of ancient Greece. The 117-centimeter-high statue made of white Parian marble was... Read more...
Lady of Auxerre
Lady of Auxerre
The Lady of Auxerre is a statuette of a woman in limestone, 75 cm high. Originally from Crete and dated to the Orientalist period, around 630 B.C., it is one... Read more...
Parthenon Frieze
Parthenon Frieze
The Parthenon frieze is a 160 meter long frieze that surrounded the upper part of the Parthenon cella in Athens. A masterpiece of classical Greek sculpture, it is made in... Read more...
Diadumenos
Diadumenos
The Diadúmeno or Diadumeno is a statue designed by Polyclitus in the fifth century B.C. The original statue was made of metal, probably bronze, but today only copies of limestone... Read more...
Kritios Boy
Kritios Boy
The Ephebe of Critios is an ancient Greek statue in Paros marble discovered on the acropolis of Athens, attributed to the sculptor Critios and dated around 480 BC. Kritios Boy... Read more...
Discobolus
Discobolus
The Discobolus (literally, "the discus thrower", Greek, Δισκοβόλος, Diskobόlos) is one of the most famous statues of antiquity. Generally attributed to Myron, an Athenian sculptor of the fifth century BC.... Read more...
Ecstasy of St Theresa
Ecstasy of St Theresa
The Ecstasy of St. Teresa (or St. Teresa in Ecstasy or Transverberation of St. Teresa) is a marble sculpture by Gian Lorenzo Bernini, which depicts the transverberation of Teresa of... Read more...
Michelangelo The Deposition
Michelangelo The Deposition
The Pietà Bandini, or of the Duomo/Opera del Duomo, is a marble sculpture (h. 277 cm) by Michelangelo Buonarroti, dated 1547-1555 circa and kept in the Museo dell'Opera del Duomo... Read more...
Michelangelo David
Michelangelo David
Michelangelo's David (1475-1564), created in Florence between 1501 and 1504, is the first monumental statue of the High Renaissance and is considered the most famous sculpture in the history of... Read more...
Michelangelo Bacchus
Michelangelo Bacchus
Bacchus (1496-1497) is a marble statue by Italian Renaissance sculptor Michelangelo. The statue is 203 centimeters tall and depicts Bacchus (Dionysus), the Greco-Roman god of wine, in a shaky pose... Read more...
Laocoön and His Sons
Laocoön and His Sons
Laocoön and his sons is a Greek sculptural group of controversial dating, although it is usually considered an original work from the early Christian era. The work is slightly larger... Read more...
Apollo Belvedere
Apollo Belvedere
The Apollo Belvedere or Apollo of the Belvedere is a marble statue representing the Greek god Apollo, which is part of the collection of the Pio-Clementino Museum, one of the... Read more...
Colossus of Nero
Colossus of Nero
The colossus of Nero (Colossus Neronis) is a colossal statue in bronze installed at the request of the emperor Nero, near the Domus aurea. According to Pliny the Elder, the... Read more...
Colossus of Barletta
Colossus of Barletta
The Barletta Colossus is a large bronze statue of a Roman or Byzantine emperor located in the seaside town of Barletta, Puglia province, Italy. The statue is about 5 meters... Read more...
Adiyogi Shiva Statue
Adiyogi Shiva Statue
The Adiyogi statue is a 34-metre tall (112 ft), 45-metre long (147 ft) and 25-metre wide (82 ft) steel statue of Shiva with Thirunamam at Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu. It is... Read more...
Gommateshwara Statue
Gommateshwara Statue
Bahubali (Kannada, ಬಾಹುಬಲಿ) (English: One with strong arms), a much revered figure among the Jains was the son of Rishabhanatha, the first Tirthankara of Jainism. is a 17-meter monolithic statue... Read more...
Thiruvalluvar Statue
Thiruvalluvar Statue
The Tiruvalluvar Statue is a 40.5 meter high monumental statue of the Tamil poet Tiruvalluvar (the author of the Tirukkural) off Kanyakumari at Cape Comorin, the southern tip of India,... Read more...
Moschophoros
Moschophoros
The Moschophore or Moscophore (ancient Greek: μοσχοφόρος calf-bearer), is an archaic Greek statue, dated 570/550 BC, kept in the Acropolis Museum in Athens. It represents a faithful man carrying on... Read more...
Kroisos Kouros
Kroisos Kouros
The Kouros of Kroisos or Kouros of Anavyssos is an ancient Greek marble statue from the Archaic period, circa 540/510 BC, depicting a naked young man (ancient Greek κοῦρος /... Read more...
Hermes and the Infant Dionysus
Hermes and the Infant Dionysus
Hermes with the child Dionysus is a Greek marble sculpture with a height of 213 centimeters that is in the Archaeological Museum of Olympia. Its authorship is attributed to the... Read more...
Charioteer of Delphi
Charioteer of Delphi
The charioteer of Delphi, or Hêniokhos (in ancient Greek ἡνίοχος, "who holds the reins"), is one of the most famous sculptures of ancient Greece, and one of only five large... Read more...
Artemision Bronze
Artemision Bronze
The Poseidon of Artemision is an ancient Greek bronze statue. The statue was made around 460 BC, possibly by the famous sculptor Calamis, although this is far from certain and... Read more...
Athena Parthenos
Athena Parthenos
Athena Partenos (Greek: Ἀθηνᾶ Παρθένος; Romaniz.: Athenas Parténos , lit. "virgin Athena") was a monumental statue depicting the goddess Athena created by the Greek sculptor Phidias for the Parthenon of... Read more...
Athena Promachos
Athena Promachos
Athena Promacos or Athena Prómacos (Greek: Ἀθηνᾶ Πρόμαχος; Romaniz.: Athena Prómachos) was a colossal bronze statue representing the goddess Athena, created by Phidias in the mid 5th century BCE and installed... Read more...
Colossus of Rhodes
Colossus of Rhodes
The Colossus of Rhodes was a monumental bronze statue of the sun and city god Helios (ancient Greek Ἥλιος), over 30 meters high, which was completed around 292 BC after... Read more...
Winged Victory of Samothrace
Winged Victory of Samothrace
The Victory of Samothrace is a votive monument found on the island of Samothrace, in the northern Aegean Sea. It is a masterpiece of Greek sculpture of the Hellenistic period,... Read more...
Venus de Milo
Venus de Milo
The Venus de Milo is a statue from Ancient Greece belonging to the collection of the Louvre Museum, located in Paris, France.The story of its discovery in 1820 on the island... Read more...
The Thinker
The Thinker
The Thinker (in French Le Penseur) is one of Auguste Rodin's most famous sculptures. The sculptor conceived this piece between 1881 and 1882 to decorate the tympanum of the sculptural... Read more...
The Burghers of Calais
The Burghers of Calais
The Burghers of Calais is a statuary group by Auguste Rodin commissioned by the city of Calais where the first bronze copy was inaugurated in 1895. It is one of... Read more...
Augustus of Prima Porta
Augustus of Prima Porta
Augustus Prima Porta is the name given to a white marble statue of the emperor Augustus, 2.07 m high. It was discovered on April 20, 1863 in the Villa ad... Read more...
Shigir Idol
Shigir Idol
The Shigir Idol is one of the most mysterious objects in the world. Discovered in 1894 in Russia, in the Sverdlovsk region, this incredible sculpture was located in a Russian... Read more...