Ornaments - Classical antiquity - Stone - Photo gallery
Image database with photographs of ancient art and antiquities
Our image database provides photographs of ancient art and antiquities for press releases as well as for private use. All artefacts sold in our gallery are documented through professional photographs. The resulting image library contains numerous ancient Egyptian, Greek and Roman antiquities as well as ancient coins. The time span from Stone Age, over Bronze Age and Classical Antiquity until Late Antiquity is covered.The photo gallery aims at providing a vast visual archive equipped with filters and search tools. You are most welcome to search the constantly growing number of artefacts in the image library. We are also happy to authorize hyperlinks from your webpage / forum to the objects depicted in our gallery. For this purpose, please send us a short notification prior to placing a hyperlink. For almost every object high definition photographs are available and can be provided e.g. to document your collection or for scientific papers or popular science articles. If you are interested in using pictures for publications, print media or other purposes, please contact us and we will be happy to assist you.
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Kalkstein mit Relief eines römischen KaisersBüste eines Soldaten oder Kaisers als Relief, mit geometrischem Dekor. Funktion rätselhaft. Entweder eine antike Gussform oder ein Modell.
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Roman marble inscribed stele with funereal sceneImpressive and very fine preserved piece from an old British collection.
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Large Roman mosaic of a capricorn huntVery large, perfectly preserved polychrome mosaic from a Jerusalem collection.
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Roman marble relief with hunting scene: Eros carrying hindSupposedly from the collection of the Swiss painter Arnold Böcklin (1827-1901). Very good condition, surface very well preserved.
Six ancient artefacts and one modern castInteresting group of objects from the Professor Brosch collection of ancient gems. It has two intaglios, one cameo, two glass decorations, a lead bulla and a modern cast of a quality ancient gem.
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Female stone portrait headHellenistic Greece or Egypt under Roman rule. From the Austrian collection of Prof. Ritschel, carrier of the Large Cross of Honor of the Austrian Republic and many other prizes and honors.
Large Roman funerary stela with high reliefThe elaborate high relief shows the deceased resting on a kline, pointing to a tabula ansata which originally carried a painted inscription. Roman Empire, 2nd century AD. Ex Galerie Cahn, Basel.
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Stone relief from GandharaWunderful example of the curious symbiosis of greek art and buddhist tradition in the second century. The relief shows a key moment in Buddhas life, when he abandons his life as prince Siddhartha to seek enlightenment.
Roman facade decoration shaped as theatre maskImpressive and striking marble mask. It once adorned the upper facade of a villa or a public building during Roman Imperial times.
Hellenistic or Roman marble head of ErosFrom the Austrian collection of Prof. Ritschel, carrier of the Large Cross of Honor of the Austrian Republic and many other prizes and honors.
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Hellenistic or Roman marble torsoFrom an old German private collection, acquired 1962. Impressive piece.
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Roman marble head of a woman - ex Duke University of Art MuseumBeautiful, life-size portrait. The provenance can be reconstructed until 1920, when the portrait was acquired from Jannis Demetrios Mikas by Ernest Brummer, both famous collectors.