Assyria Collection (#5)

Death of Sardanapale. Sardanapale, Assyrian king besieged by insurgencies
LSE4103719 Death of Sardanapale. Sardanapale, Assyrian king besieged by insurgencies, had his wives and horses slaughtered before killing himself. Painting by Eugene Delacroix (1798-1863), 1827

Assyrian: Palace-Portal, 1866 (coloured engraving)
XEE702571 Assyrian: Palace-Portal, 1866 (coloured engraving) by Leutemann, Heinrich (1824-1905); Private Collection; (add.info)

Furniture plaque carved in relief with a male figure grasping a tree, c. 8th century B. C
3900045 Furniture plaque carved in relief with a male figure grasping a tree, c.8th century B.C. (ivory) by Neo-Assyrian; 26.7x11.4 cm; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Painted bricks from the N. W. Palace at Nimroud [Calah], 1849 (lithograph)
3899816 Painted bricks from the N.W. Palace at Nimroud [Calah], 1849 (lithograph) by Layard, Austen Henry (1817-94); New York Public Library, USA; (add.info.: From The monuments of Nineveh)

An Assyrian army besieging a city (coloured engraving)
3630002 An Assyrian army besieging a city (coloured engraving) by German School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: An Assyrian army besieging a city)

Asyrian king and his entourage (coloured engraving)
3630001 Asyrian king and his entourage (coloured engraving) by German School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Asyrian king and his entourage)

Assyrian king and his entourage (coloured engraving)
3629994 Assyrian king and his entourage (coloured engraving) by German School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Assyrian king and his entourage)

The capture of Memphis, Egypt by the Assyrian king Esarhaddon, 671 BC
3614251 The capture of Memphis, Egypt by the Assyrian king Esarhaddon, 671 BC, from Hutchinsons History of the Nations, pub.1915 by English School, (20th century); (add.info.: The capture of Memphis)

Relief panel, Neo-Assyrian, c. 883-859 B. C. (gypsum alabaster)
3493060 Relief panel, Neo-Assyrian, c.883-859 B.C. (gypsum alabaster) by Neo-Assyrian, (9th century BC); 233.7 cm; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Relief panel of king and eunuch, c. 883-59 B. C. (gypsum alabaster)
3597306 Relief panel of king and eunuch, c.883-59 B.C. (gypsum alabaster) by Neo-Assyrian, (9th century BC); 234.3x233.7 cm; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Furniture plaque carved in relief with a ram-headed sphinx, c. 9th-8th century B. C
3900049 Furniture plaque carved in relief with a ram-headed sphinx, c.9th-8th century B.C. (ivory) by Neo-Assyrian, (9th century BC); 10.1x6.3 cm; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Fan or fly-whisk handle in the form of four female figures, c. 8th-7th century B. C
3900042 Fan or fly-whisk handle in the form of four female figures, c.8th-7th century B.C. (ivory) by Neo-Assyrian, (7th century BC); height: 9.9 cm; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Hall in Assyrian palace (restored), 1849 (lithograph)
3899806 Hall in Assyrian palace (restored), 1849 (lithograph) by Layard, Austen Henry (1817-94); New York Public Library, USA; (add.info.: From The monuments of Nineveh)

Plaque fragment: kneeling lion-headed figure, c. 18th century BC (Ivory (hippopotamus)
3525782 Plaque fragment: kneeling lion-headed figure, c.18th century BC (Ivory (hippopotamus), gold foil) by Anatolian School; height: 9.8 cm; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Furniture plaque: female sphinx with Hathor-style curls, c
3525781 Furniture plaque: female sphinx with Hathor-style curls, c.18th century BC (hippopotamus ivory) by Anatolian School; 7.3 high cm; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Relief of a Winged Genius, Reign of Ashurnasirpal, c. 883-859 BC (gypsum)
5242076 Relief of a Winged Genius, Reign of Ashurnasirpal, c.883-859 BC (gypsum) by Assyrian, (9th century BC); 223.5x195.5 cm; Private Collection; (add.info)

Furniture plaque carved in relief with a griffin in a floral landscape, c
6176490 Furniture plaque carved in relief with a griffin in a floral landscape, c.9th-8th century B.C. (ivory) by Neo-Assyrian, (9th century BC); 7.8x6.1x1 cm; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Ancient Assyria. Illustration for Bilder-Atlas (engraving)
5996298 Ancient Assyria. Illustration for Bilder-Atlas (engraving) by German School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Ancient Assyria)

Openwork furniture plaque with a rearing goat, c. 9th-8th century B. C. (ivory)
5054685 Openwork furniture plaque with a rearing goat, c.9th-8th century B.C. (ivory) by Neo-Assyrian, (9th century BC); height: 16 cm; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Furniture plaque carved in high relief with two Egyptianizing figures flanking a volute
5049854 Furniture plaque carved in high relief with two Egyptianizing figures flanking a volute tree, c.9th-8th century BC (ivory) by Neo-Assyrian

A Winged Bull, Assyria (engraving)
670228 A Winged Bull, Assyria (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: A Winged Bull, Assyria)

Winged Genius. Louvre (engraving)
671508 Winged Genius. Louvre (engraving) by Perrot, Georges (1832-1914) and Chipiez, Charles (1835-1901); Private Collection; (add.info.: Winged Genius. Louvre)

Khorsabad, Assyrian Temple restored (engraving)
1092765 Khorsabad, Assyrian Temple restored (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Khorsabad, Assyrian Temple restored)

Ashurbanipal hunting lions
LLM454240 Ashurbanipal hunting lions by Spanish School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Ashurbanipal hunting lions)

Nineve, from Liber Chronicarum by Hartmann Schedel, 1493 (woodcut)
810298 Nineve, from Liber Chronicarum by Hartmann Schedel, 1493 (woodcut) by German School, (15th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Hartmann Schedel (1440-1514), German physician, humanist

Antiquities of the Bible - Assyrian (engraving)
653769 Antiquities of the Bible - Assyrian (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Antiquities of the Bible - Assyrian)

Assyrian, Painting, Polychrome Sculpture, Pottery (colour litho)
2776872 Assyrian, Painting, Polychrome Sculpture, Pottery (colour litho) by German School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Assyrian, Painting, Polychrome Sculpture, Pottery)

Assyrian rock-carved dwelling (chromolitho)
2782936 Assyrian rock-carved dwelling (chromolitho) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Assyrian rock-carved dwelling)

L Hercule assyrien, musee du Louvre (engraving)
2789903 L Hercule assyrien, musee du Louvre (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: L Hercule assyrien, musee du Louvre)

Fugitives crossing a river to a Castle, from Monuments of Nineveh, pub. 1849 (engraving)
3035730 Fugitives crossing a river to a Castle, from Monuments of Nineveh, pub. 1849 (engraving) by Layard, Austen Henry (1817-94); Private Collection; The Stapleton Collection; British

Warrior pursuing a wild bull, from Monuments of Nineveh, pub. 1849 (engraving)
3035729 Warrior pursuing a wild bull, from Monuments of Nineveh, pub. 1849 (engraving) by Layard, Austen Henry (1817-94); Private Collection; The Stapleton Collection; British, out of copyright

Assyrian Rock Sculpture (Bavian), from Monuments of Nineveh, pub. 1849 (engraving)
3035719 Assyrian Rock Sculpture (Bavian), from Monuments of Nineveh, pub. 1849 (engraving) by Layard, Austen Henry (1817-94); Private Collection; (add.info)

Fish God (Nimroud) and Figure near an Entrance (Kouyunjik), from Monuments of Nineveh
3035696 Fish God (Nimroud) and Figure near an Entrance (Kouyunjik), from Monuments of Nineveh, pub. 1849 (engraving) by Layard

Basreliefs at an entrance to a small temple (Nimroud), from Monuments of Nineveh, pub
3035695 Basreliefs at an entrance to a small temple (Nimroud), from Monuments of Nineveh, pub. 1849 (engraving) by Layard

Human headed Bull and winged figure from a gateway in the wall surrounding Kouyunjik
3035694 Human headed Bull and winged figure from a gateway in the wall surrounding Kouyunjik, from Monuments of Nineveh, pub

Bearded head of an Assyrian Priest or Winged Divinity (colour litho)
3099415 Bearded head of an Assyrian Priest or Winged Divinity (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Bearded head of an Assyrian Priest or Winged Divinity)

The Nineveh Room at the British Museum. Date: 1853

The Palaces of Nimrud Restored, a reconstruction of the palaces built by Ashurbanipal
STC75460 The Palaces of Nimrud Restored, a reconstruction of the palaces built by Ashurbanipal on the banks of the Tigris

Workmen with implements and ropes for moving a Winged Bull
STC221876 Workmen with implements and ropes for moving a Winged Bull, plate 17 from Nineveh and its Remains by Austen Henry Layard (1817-94) published 1849 (litho) by English School

Siege of a city on the bank of a river, plate 42 from Nineveh and its Remains
STC221875 Siege of a city on the bank of a river, plate 42 from Nineveh and its Remains by Austen Henry Layard (1817-94) published 1849 (litho) by English School

Stele depicting Ishtar of Arbele on a lion (stone)
XIR85732 Stele depicting Ishtar of Arbele on a lion (stone) by Assyrian, (8th century BC); Louvre, Paris, France; out of copyright

Alabaster from the palace of Khorsabad (Khunsabad) representing the Sumerian hero
GIA4815753 Alabaster from the palace of Khorsabad (Khunsabad) representing the Sumerian hero Gilgamesh, a character of Assyrio-Babylonian mythology

Oriental art of antiquity: battle scene. Low relief of Assurbanipal Palace
JLJ4664799 Oriental art of antiquity: battle scene. Low relief of Assurbanipal Palace, Assyria (7th century BC). Paris, Musee Du Louvre by Assyrian, (7th century BC); Louvre, Paris

Eastern antiquite: bronze statuette of the demonic deity Pazuzu. From Assyria
JLJ4569725 Eastern antiquite: bronze statuette of the demonic deity Pazuzu. From Assyria. Neo-Assyrian period (around 1000-612 BC) (Mesopotamia). 700 BC approximately

View of a relief, 9th-7th century BC
LRI4732040 View of a relief, 9th-7th century BC by Assyrian, (9th century BC); Nimrud, Iraq; (add.info.: Lower Mesopotamia, Iraq)

View of a relief, 9th-7th century BC
LRI4732006 View of a relief, 9th-7th century BC by Assyrian, (9th century BC); Nimrud, Iraq; (add.info.: Lower Mesopotamia, Iraq)

The musicians of the Armee of Assurbanipal. Low relief in Limestone around 640 BC
JLJ4687528 The musicians of the Armee of Assurbanipal. Low relief in Limestone around 640 BC (Neo-Assyrian period, v.1000-612 BC). Discovered in Nineveh, Mesopotamia. Louvre Museum

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