Delos Gallery

Greek Art. Greece. Funerary statue of a woman carved in marb

Greek Art. Greece. Funerary statue of a woman carved in marble. Bust. Found in Delos. Copy of 2nd century BCE from an original dated in 300 BCE. National Archaeological Museum. Athens

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Fragments of decoration from Delos, Greece, (1928). Creator: Unknown

Fragments of decoration from Delos, Greece, (1928). 'Towards End of the 2nd Century B.C...fragments of a wall plinth'. Plate XXV, figs 67 & 68, from "An Encyclopaedia of Colour Decoration from the Earliest Times to the Middle of the XIXth Century" with explanatory text by Helmuth Bossert. [Ernst Wasmuth Ltd., Berlin, 1928]

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Statue of fighting Gaul, ca 100 BC

Statue pf a fighting Gaul. Parian marble. Found in the Agora of the Italians on Delos. The warrior, wounded in the thigh has fallen to the ground on his right knee and will have been attempting to defend himself against his enemy with his left arm. On the ground, next to him rests a Galatian helmet. Typical example of Late Hellenistic sculpture with features of the Pergamum school. Probably made by the sculptor Agasias about 100 BC

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