Lion Attacking a Horse Statue (325–300 BCE)
This is Leone che azzanna il cavallo or Lion Attacking a Horse, now in the Exedra of Marcus Aurelius in the Capitoline Museums.
Animals
Objects depicting or inspired by animals, ranging from sculptures to decorative motifs. These works reflect humanity’s fascination with the natural world and its symbolic roles across cultures.
The Alunda Elk (4000–1700 BCE)
The Alunda Elk combines the shape of an axe with a remarkably lifelike animal sculpture. Carved during the Neolithic, or New Stone Age.
Life is a Struggle (Golden Rider) (1903 CE)
The knight holds his lance steady, the visor is down, flowers bloom at the horse’s feet — and a snake slips in from the left.
Canosa Askos (270-200 BCE)
Rather than relying on a single image or a painted scene, this large Canosa askos builds its meaning through a combination of vessel form, colour, and applied figures.
Bull’s Head Rhyton (340–320 BCE)
Made in Apulia around 340–320 BCE, this bull’s head rhyton shows how inventive South Italian pottery could be in the late Classical period. The vessel combines an animal-shaped form with red-figure decoration and added paint.
Regilla Votive Marble Bull (160–170 CE)
Carved in Pentelic marble around AD 160–170, this powerful life-size bull once formed part of the great nymphaeum dedicated by Appia Annia Regilla in the sanctuary of Zeus at Olympia.
Dove-Bearer from Callatis (c.200-400 BCE)
This Tanagra-type terracotta statuette from ancient Callatis offers a refined image of female presence in the Hellenistic world. The figure stands quietly yet elegantly, wrapped in abundant drapery, with a small dove perched on her right shoulder.
Enthroned Cybele Statuette (c.400-300 BCE)
Seated on a throne and holding a feline companion, Cybele appears not as an ordinary woman but as a divine presence marked by authority, protection, and command over the natural world.
Bedouins Rest Near the Pyramids of Giza (1890s CE)
The image invites the viewer to reflect on contrasts: movement and permanence of the Bedouins, desert survival and ancient stone marvels and everyday life unfolding beside timeless monuments at Giza.