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Sculpture
Winged Genius
Assyrian artist, (active )
Assyrian artist
Iraq
33 3/8 x 29 1/8 x 2 1/2 in. (84.7 x 73.9 x 6.4 cm)
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Alabaster
Alabaster
Assyrian; made in Nimrud
ca. 865 BCE-860 BCE
865 BCE
860 BCE
1000 BCE - 500 CE, ancient art (Mediterranean & Near East), Assyrian, reliefs, reliefs
Sculpture
This mythical guardian figure, called a Genius, wears a two-horned helmet and fringed garment and carries a double-handled dagger, all attributes of his divine nature. His hands gesture protectively toward a flowering tree, just visible at the right edge of the sculpture. This relief, once brightly painted, is a fragment from the Northwest palace built by the Assyrian king Ashirnasirpal II (883—859 BCE) in his capital city at Kalhu, now the Iraqi city of Nimrud. Dozens of huge stone slabs carved with scenes of human and divine figures decorated the palace walls.
[Gallery label text, 2009]
This relief is a fragment of a larger composition of similar figures that once decorated one of the palaces of King Ashurnasirpal II, who ruled Assyria from 883 to 859 BCE. He established his capital at Kalhu, now the Iraqi city of Nimrud. Carved in a technique typical of Assyrian bas-reliefs, with contours deeply channeled to make them discernible in diffuse light, the figure’s facial features and musculature are carefully modeled. The hair and garments are also carved in detail, enhancing the decorative effect that the Assyrians favored in such reliefs.
The wings and the two-horned helmet worn by the figure, called a Genius, are attributes of his divinity. That he is a protective deity is implied by his gesture toward the tree form, which suggests the care of a farmer for planted crops. The palmettes of a tree behind the figure’s right foot separated this figure from a similar one, now in the Vatican Museum in Rome, facing in the opposite direction.
The motif of tending to these tree forms appears on many of the more than 315 Assyrian reliefs in collections outside of Nimrud, and is believed to represent an act that was part of ritual ceremonies. While such ceremonies remain unexplained, their frequent representation in palace reliefs suggests their importance to Assyrian court life.
"I, Ashurnasirpal, the king whose glory is mighty, took Kalhu and changed its ancient mound… A palace of boxwood, mulberry, cedar, cypress, pistachio, tamarisk, and poplar… for my royal dwelling and for my lordly pleasure I founded therein, I adorned and made glorious.”
King Ashurnasirpal II, who ruled Assyria from 883-859 BCE, so described the founding of his new capital city at Kalhu (modern-day Nimrud) on the banks of the Tigris River. Ashurnasirpal’s most elaborate project was the construction of the Northwest Palace, which included state apartments, a throne room, administrative offices, a harem and a tomb. Built during his reign and completed by his successors, the palace was decorated with huge stone slabs that were carved with scenes of figures in relief and inscribed with a record of important events during Ashurnasirpal’s reign. The Gallery’s relief, Winged Genius, probably comes from this palace.
[Gallery label text, 2004]
1944.10
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Memorial Art Gallery
3/20/2001
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44.10DI1
digital image
Memorial Art Gallery
Imaging complete
2 x 2
11/29/2001
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44.10SL2
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44.10DI#4
digital image
3/30/2009
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44.10DI#5
digital image
3/30/2009
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44.10DI#6
digital image
3/30/2009
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44.10DI#7
digital image
3/30/2009
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44.10DI#8
digital image
Detail of lower hand
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pdf file
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Sculpture
The God Mars as a Warrior
Etruscan artist, (active )
Etruscan artist
Italy
Primary
7 1/2 x 1 15/16 x 2 11/16 in. (19.1 x 5 x 6.9 cm)
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Bronze
Bronze
5th Century BCE
500 BCE
401 BCE
1000 BCE - 500 CE, ancient art (Mediterranean & Near East), Etruscan, war
Sculpture
This warrior originally held a spear in his right hand and a shield on his left arm. The crested helmet enabled his fellow soldiers to distinguish him in the heat of battle and also increased his apparent height, making him psychologically more formidable.
[Gallery label text, 2004]
1953.41
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Memorial Art Gallery
3/10/2001
53.41SL1
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full front
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detail front
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53.41SL2
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53.41DI1
digital image
Memorial Art Gallery
Full-Front
Imaging complete
2 X 2
12/7/2001
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53.41DI2
digital image
Memorial Art Gallery
Side
Imaging complete
2 X 2
12/7/2001
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53.41DI3
digital image
Memorial Art Gallery
Full-Back
Imaging complete
2 X 2
12/7/2001
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53.41SL3
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53.41SL4
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53.41SL5
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full-front
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53.41SL6
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53.41DI4
digital image
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53.41DI#4
digital image
Three-quarter
11/6/2007
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53.41DI#2
digital image
Detail
6/11/2009
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Media/images/53.41_A5.jpg
Sculpture
Pyxis (Toiletry Box)
Herzfeld Pyxis
Syrian artist
Syrian artist
Syria
Primary
2 3/8 x 3 3/8 x 3 1/4 in. (6 x 8.5 x 8.2 cm)
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Red porphyry
Red porphyry
9th Century BCE-8th Century BCE
900 BCE
701 BCE
pyxides (personal use containers), AAT
1000 BCE - 500 CE, ancient art (Mediterranean & Near East), boxes
Sculpture
This small vessel, fashioned from a single block of stone to hold fine cosmetics or ointments, once included a lid which swiveled to one side. The carving on the pyxis shows two double-headed sphinxes, a deer gazing at a large bird, and two banqueters at a table piled high with loaves of bread.
[Gallery label text, 2009]
1949.14
item
Memorial Art Gallery
2/13/2001
49.14SL1
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full -side #1
2 x 2
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49.14DI1
digital image
Memorial Art Gallery
Full View, 1st Side
Imaging complete
2 x 2
11/27/2001
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49.14DI2
digital image
Memorial Art Gallery
2nd side
Imaging complete
2 x 2
11/27/2001
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Media/images/49.14_A2.jpg
49.14DI3
digital image
Memorial Art Gallery
3rd side
Imaging complete
2 x 2
11/27/2001
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Media/images/49.14_A3.jpg
49.14DI4
digital image
Memorial Art Gallery
4th side
Imaging complete
2 x 2
11/27/2001
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49.14DI5
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49.14SL3
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Sculpture
Standing Female Figure
Syrian artist
Syrian artist
Syria
Primary
3 3/4 x 13/16 x 3/8 in. (9.5 x 2.1 x 1 cm)
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overall
Ivory
Ivory
Syrian; made in Hama
8th Century BCE
800 BCE
701 BCE
1000 BCE - 500 CE, ancient art (Mediterranean & Near East), ceramics, female figures, from Rochester collections, women
Sculpture
Syria and Palestine (Canaan) were the crossroads of the ancient world. Local artists borrowed and adapted the cultural influences of traders and traveling craftsmen, and created a composite decorative art style of great individuality. This figure, which might represent the Canaanite goddess Astarte, has thick curly hair suggestive of the wigs worn by the Egyptians.
[Gallery label text, 1995]
1928.334
item
Memorial Art Gallery
3/20/2001
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28.334DI1
digital image
Memorial Art Gallery
Imaging Complete
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28.334DI2
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28.334DI#3
digital image
Front
11/6/2007
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Sculpture
Miniature Mask of the River God Acheloüs
Etruscan artist, (active )
Etruscan artist
Italy
Primary
2 3/16 x 1 7/16 x 3/8 in. (5.6 x 3.6 x 1 cm)
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overall
Terracotta
Terracotta
600 BCE-401 BCE
600 BCE
401 BCE
1000 BCE - 500 CE, Etruscan, masks (sculpture), mythology, sculpture
Sculpture
The river god Acheloüs, spirit of the longest river in Greece, was represented as a bull, an animal often associated with fast-flowing water.
[Gallery label text]
2023.17
item
Memorial Art Gallery
11/19/2007
T705DI#1
digital image
Front
11/13/2007
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Media/images/T705_A1.jpg
Sculpture
Crescent
Egyptian artist
Egyptian artist
Egypt
Primary
3 in. (7.6 cm)
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Ivory
Ivory
332 BCE-30 BCE
332 BCE
30 BCE
Egyptian, Egyptian
Sculpture
1923.22
item
Memorial Art Gallery
2/3/2001
23.22DI#1
digital image
4/9/2008
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23.22DI#2
digital image
10/12/2010
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