Further Examples of Greek and Roman Sculpture

To accompany the resource packet, Exploring Classical Art at the MFA: Images of Power

“Lady of Auxerre” statuette, c. 640 BC,

Crete. Limestone. Height 25 ½ inches.

Louvre Museum, Paris

Moschophoros (Calfbearer), from Athens, c. 560 BC,

Marble. Height (restored) 5 feet 5 inches. Acropolis

Museum, Athens

Grave Stele of Aristion (the Warrior), by Aristokles,

c. 510 BC, Marble. Height 7 feet 10 ½ inches. National Museum, Athens

Charioteer of Delphi. c. 478 or 474 BC.

Bronze with copper (lips, eyelashes), silver (teeth,

headband), and onyx (eyes). Height 5 feet 11 inches.

Delphi Museum

Mourning Athena relief, from Athens. c. 470 BC,

Marble. Height 19 inches. Acropolis Museum,

Athens

Demosthenes by Polyeuktos.Roman copy of a bronze portrait

statue erected in Athens. c. 280 BC, Marble. Height 6 feet 7 ½ inches.

Ny Carlsberg Glyptothek, Copenhagen

Portrait Bust of a Man, c. 1st century BC, Marble.

Republican, Roman. Height 14 ½ inches.

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Cameo portrait of the Emperor Augustus, 41-54 AD, Sardonyx.

Julio-Claudian, Roman. 1 ½ x 1 1/8 inch.

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Portrait Statue of a Woman, 130-140 AD, Marble.

Found at the Temple of Aphrodite (Cyrene), Roman.

Height 5.8 feet. British Museum, London