Hellenistic Collection (#9)

Ms Fr 9342 Page from the Histoire du Grand Alexandre by Jean Vauquelin, c
XZL151872 Ms Fr 9342 Page from the Histoire du Grand Alexandre by Jean Vauquelin, c.1465 (vellum) by French School, (15th century); Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris, France; French, out of copyright

Hellenistic intaglio ring with royal portrait of a Ptolemaic ruler, probably Ptolemy IX
862729 Hellenistic intaglio ring with royal portrait of a Ptolemaic ruler, probably Ptolemy IX, Soter II, late 2nd - early 1st century BC (gold & garnet) (see also 862728)

Bronze mirror with a support in the form of a draped woman, mid 5th century B. C. (bronze)
3615945 Bronze mirror with a support in the form of a draped woman, mid 5th century B.C. (bronze) by Greek, (5th century BC); 40.4 high cm; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Ibis (painted wood and bronze, glass eyes)
3617910 Ibis (painted wood and bronze, glass eyes) by Egyptian Ptolemaic Period (332-30 BC); 47 long cm; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA; (add.info.: painted wood)

Bust of Venus
3563747 Bust of Venus by Greek; Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Naples, Campania, Italy; (add.info.: Bust of Venus, The National Archaeological Museum, Naples Photographer: Brogi); Alinari Archives

Bronze statuette of a boy in Eastern dress, mid-late 1st century BC (bronze)
3525816 Bronze statuette of a boy in Eastern dress, mid-late 1st century BC (bronze) by Egyptian Ptolemaic Period (332-30 BC); 63.8 high cm; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Marble statue of an old woman, 14-68 A. D. (pentelic marble)
3493046 Marble statue of an old woman, 14-68 A.D. (pentelic marble) by Roman, (1st century AD); 125.98 cm; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Amazons head
3433300 Amazons head by Phidias (c.500-c.432 BC); Museo Nazionale Romano, Rome, Italy; (add.info.: Artifact uncovered at Hadrians Villa in Tivoli, Lazio, Italy " Testa di Amazzone" - Roma)

Hellenic Prince (bronze)
704448 Hellenic Prince (bronze) by Greek, (2nd century BC); Palazzo Massimo Lancellotti, Rome, Italy; (add.info.: Some sources identify the subject as Heracles)

Mold for casting coins (stone)
BLP398272 Mold for casting coins (stone) by Greco-Roman; Private Collection; (add.info.: Found in Jerusalem; ); Photo eZev Radovan; out of copyright

The Great Staircase of the Temple of Apollo, c. 336 BC (photo)
XIR210226 The Great Staircase of the Temple of Apollo, c.336 BC (photo) by Greek School, (4th century BC); Didyma, Turkey; Greek, out of copyright

The Great Staircase of the Temple of Apollo, c. 336 BC (photo)
XIR210224 The Great Staircase of the Temple of Apollo, c.336 BC (photo) by Greek School, (4th century BC); Didyma, Turkey; Greek, out of copyright

View of a colossal head and an eagle from the west terrace (photo)
XIR226176 View of a colossal head and an eagle from the west terrace (photo) by Greek, (1st century BC); Nemrut Dagi, Anatolia

Head of Zeus-Oromandes and a goddess (photo)
XSP224333 Head of Zeus-Oromandes and a goddess (photo) by Greek, (1st century BC); Nemrut Dagi, Anatolia, Turkey; (add.info.: built by the Commagene King Antiochus; ); Greek, out of copyright

Bacchanalian Relief, Pakistan, Gandhara, Buner area, early Kushan Period (AD 1-320
3899095 Bacchanalian Relief, Pakistan, Gandhara, Buner area, early Kushan Period (AD 1-320) (schist) by Pakistani School, (1st century AD); Cleveland Museum of Art, OH

Pair of ear pendants with rosettes and cluster of globules, 2nd-1st centuries B. C. (gold)
1070598 Pair of ear pendants with rosettes and cluster of globules, 2nd-1st centuries B.C. (gold) by Greek, (2nd-1st century BC); 5.9 cm; Dallas Museum of Art, Texas

Pair of earrings with large pendants, 2nd-1st centuries B. C. (gold, garnet, glass)
1070597 Pair of earrings with large pendants, 2nd-1st centuries B.C. (gold, garnet, glass) by Greek, (2nd-1st century BC); 6 cm; Dallas Museum of Art, Texas, USA; Museum League Purchase Funds

Pair of earrings with dolphins, 2nd-1st centuries B. C. (gold and banded agate)
1070596 Pair of earrings with dolphins, 2nd-1st centuries B.C. (gold and banded agate) by Greek, (2nd-1st century BC); 3.5 cm; Dallas Museum of Art, Texas, USA; Museum League Purchase Funds

Reproduction of a poster advertising the opera Helle
STC138590 Reproduction of a poster advertising the opera Helle, performed by the Academie Nationale de Musique, 1896 (colour litho) by Steinlen

Head of Artemis (marble)
XAM93780 Head of Artemis (marble) by Greek, (2nd century BC); height: 29 cm; Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria; (add.info.: in the style of Praxiteles (c.370-330 BC); ); Greek

Group of draped women, from Tanagra (terracotta) (b / w photo)
XIR164729 Group of draped women, from Tanagra (terracotta) (b/w photo) by Greek, (3rd century BC); Louvre, Paris, France; Greek, out of copyright

The Sleeping Hermaphrodite (marble)
ALG172248 The Sleeping Hermaphrodite (marble) by Greek, (2nd century BC); Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence, Tuscany, Italy; Greek, out of copyright

Dying Gaul, copy of a Greek original of c. 230-220 BC by Epigonos (marble) (b / w photo)
ALI200199 Dying Gaul, copy of a Greek original of c.230-220 BC by Epigonos (marble) (b/w photo) by Roman; Pinacoteca Capitolina, Palazzo Conservatori, Rome

A Graeco-Roman marble dyad of Priapus embracing a maenad, 1st-2nd century AD (marble)
6290133 A Graeco-Roman marble dyad of Priapus embracing a maenad, 1st-2nd century AD (marble) by Roman, (1st-2nd Century AD); height: 13. cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: 1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D)

An East Greek spoon, late Classical to Hellenistic period, c. 4th century BC (silver)
5910041 An East Greek spoon, late Classical to Hellenistic period, c.4th century BC (silver) by Greek School, (4th century BC); length: 18.1 cm; Private Collection; (add.info)

An Attic red-figure pelike depicting a female figure, 5th century BC (ceramic)
1764786 An Attic red-figure pelike depicting a female figure, 5th century BC (ceramic) by Berlin Painter, (fl.c.500-460 BC); 28.5 high cm; Private Collection; (add.info)

Head of Zeus (terracotta)
938059 Head of Zeus (terracotta) by Roman; Museo Archeologico e d Arte Della Maremma, Grosseto, Italy; eGiuliano Valsecchi; out of copyright

Standing woman holding a shield, c. 50-40 B. C. (fresco)
3471187 Standing woman holding a shield, c.50-40 B.C. (fresco) by Roman Republican Period (509-27 BC); 177.8x102.2 cm; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Seated couple, c. 50-40 B. C. (fresco)
3471186 Seated couple, c.50-40 B.C. (fresco) by Roman Republican Period (509-27 BC); 175.3x193 cm; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

"Erote in ceppi"or Cupid at the tree stump
3564921 " Erote in ceppi" or Cupid at the tree stump by Greco-Roman; Galleria Borghese, Rome, Lazio, Italy; (add.info.: " Erote in ceppi" or Cupid at the tree stump)

Bronze statue of a man, c. 100 BC (bronze)
3526115 Bronze statue of a man, c.100 BC (bronze) by Greek, (2nd-1st century BC); 185.4 high cm; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA; Greek, out of copyright

Phiale, libation bowl, 4th-3rd century BC (gold)
3526081 Phiale, libation bowl, 4th-3rd century BC (gold) by Greek, (4th century BC); 3.6 cm; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA; (add.info.: Inscribed on the base sketchily in Greek)

Pair of Armbands, c. 200 B. C. (gold)
3493102 Pair of Armbands, c.200 B.C. (gold) by Greek, (3rd century BC); Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA; (add.info.: These imposing serpentine armbands represent two tritons)

Figure of Eros, 330-323 BC (terracotta)
615789 Figure of Eros, 330-323 BC (terracotta) by Greek, (4th century BC); 13.5x11x5 cm; Freud Museum, London, UK; (add.info)

Hellenistic polychrome askos surrounded by the sea-monster Scylla with her arms raised at
479159 Hellenistic polychrome askos surrounded by the sea-monster Scylla with her arms raised at the neck of the askos, 300 BC (ceramic) by Greek School

Cosroe uses the power of the cross to invoke the adoration from his people and Heraclius Dream
ALI79355 Cosroe uses the power of the cross to invoke the adoration from his people and Heraclius Dream and his Victory over Cosroe, c.1380 (fresco) by Gaddi, Agnolo (c.1350-96); Santa Croce

Statuette of a woman with draped clothing, from Tanagra, Boeotia (stone)
XMN219609 Statuette of a woman with draped clothing, from Tanagra, Boeotia (stone) by Greek, (3rd century BC); 18.2x6 cm; Musee de Picardie, Amiens, France; eMusee de Picardie, Amiens; Greek

Fragment of a sarcophagus depicting satyrs and a maenad (stone)
XIR214816 Fragment of a sarcophagus depicting satyrs and a maenad (stone) by Greek; Louvre, Paris, France; Greek, out of copyright

Three Bacchantes, 336-30 BC (stone)
XIR234429 Three Bacchantes, 336-30 BC (stone) by Greek; Louvre, Paris, France; Greek, out of copyright

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The Hellenistic period, spanning from the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC to the establishment of the Roman Empire in 31 BC, was a time of immense cultural and artistic growth. This era produced some of the most iconic and breathtaking works that continue to captivate us today. One such masterpiece is the Boxer of Quirinal, also known as the Terme Boxer. Discovered on Rome's Quirinal Hill in 1885, this Hellenistic Greek sculpture depicts a seated boxer with his battered body showcasing his physical prowess and determination. Another renowned piece from this period is the Winged Victory of Samothrace or Nike of Samothrace. This stunning marble statue portrays Nike, the Greek goddess of victory, standing triumphantly atop a ship's prow. The dynamic composition and intricate detailing make it an enduring symbol of grace and power. The Pergamon Altar offers yet another glimpse into Hellenistic artistry. One panel showcases Athena battling against Alcyoneus, a giant from Greek mythology. The dramatic scene captures Athena's strength as she defends herself against her formidable opponent. In terms of cartography, Ptolemy's Map of the World stands out as one of history's earliest attempts at creating an accurate representation of our planet. Created around AD 150 by Claudius Ptolemy, this map provides valuable insights into ancient geography and navigation techniques. Moving beyond sculptures and maps, we find ourselves marveling at architectural wonders like Babylon's Ishtar Gate. Adorned with vibrant blue glazed tiles depicting mythical creatures such as lions and dragons, this gate served as a grand entrance to King Nebuchadnezzar II's palace complex. Hellenistic culture extended far beyond just art; it encompassed philosophy too. Aristotle emerged during this period as one its greatest thinkers whose ideas continue to shape our understanding today. Babylonian wall tiles offer further evidence of the Hellenistic influence in Mesopotamia.