Griffin Collection (#2)

Mosaic frieze decorating the architrave of the vestibule of the Cathedral of Terracina. The work is by Sicilian-Norman artists from the thirteenth century

Capital with figures of a griffin among male heads. Church of Saint John the Baptist in Mensano, near Colle Val d'Elsa

Capital with fantastical animals of the colonnade of the Saint Ambrose Church in Milan. Milan Saint Ambrose Church Capital Romanesque, Middle Ages, Europe, First and Second Millennium A.D

Statue of Germanicus, Lateran Museum, Rome. Today in Gregoriano Profano Museum (formerly Lateran Museum), Vatican Museums, Vatican City Rome The Lateran Museum Statue Imperial Period, Roman Art

Griffin, detail of Giovanni Pisano's pulpit, located in the Church of Saint Andrew in Pistoia. Pistoia Church of Saint Andrew Sculpture Gothic, Middle Ages, Europe

Wall frescoes with game scenes with children from Ercolano, preserved in the National Archaeological Museum of Naples. Naples National Archaeological Museum Mural Painting First Imperial Period

Griffon, detail of a window, Cathedral of S. Sabino, Bari. The animal is depicted while devouring a serpent. Bari Statue Romanesque, Middle Ages, Europe, First and Second Millennium A.D

Etruscan dolium, from the Regolini Galassi Tomb, in the Gregorian Etruscan Museum at the Vatican Museums, Vatican City State of the Vatican City Vatican Museums

Oriental-style Etruscan tomb slab carved in relief, depicting mythological animals, demons and figures on horseback, in the National Museum of Tarquinia Tarquinia National Museum of Tarquinia Stone

Etruscan brazier with lid, in the Gregorian Etruscan Museum at the Vatican Museums, Vatican City State of the Vatican City Vatican Museums

Etruscan sarcophagus with mythological scenes carved in relief, in the National Museum of Tarquinia Tarquinia National Museum of Tarquinia Sarcophagus Etruscan Art and Civilization, Italy, Europe

Detail of the frieze of the temple of Anthony and Faustina, Rome, now the Church of S. Lorenzo in Miranda Rome Roman Forum Frieze Antonine Period, Imperial Period, Roman Art, Europe

Bronze candelabras, in the Gregorian Etruscan Museum at the Vatican Museums, Vatican City State of the Vatican City Vatican Museums, Gregorian Etruscan Museum Vase Etruscan Art and Civilization

Cinerary Roman urn with a Bacchic scene depicting two men crushing grapes under a shelter; the work is preserved in the Vatican Museums

Diana Ephesina. Lateran Museum, Rome. Today in Gregoriano Profano Museum (formerly Lateran Museum), Vatican Museums, Vatican City Rome Lateran Museum Statue Roman Art, Europe, Ancient Civilization

Roman relief-decorated trapezophoron with two symmetrical griffins and two male figures picking a bunch of grapes; in the Vatican Museums

Istrian chest decorated with a coat-of-arms on the central panel and flower vases on the sides. Collection of Count Segr Sartorio in Trieste

Chest shrine with fantastic animals located in the Civic Museums of Pavia. Pavia Civic Museums Reliquary Romanesque, Middle Ages, Europe, First and Second Millennium A.D.. Date of Photograph:1928

Detail of a pilaster of the Door of Rana in the Cathedral of Como. Fantastic animals and two youths holding up thuribles are visible

Detail of the portal of the Church of St. Leonardo di Siponto, Apulia Foggia Door Romanesque, Middle Ages, Europe, First and Second Millennium A.D.. Date of Photograph:1920 - 1930 ca

Bas-relief depicting two Genie with an amphora. Sculpted work, Lateran Museum, Rome. Today in Gregoriano Profano Museum (formerly Lateran Museum), Vatican Museums

Bas-relief depicting a Genie with a Griffon. Sculpted work, Lateran Museum, Rome. Today in Gregoriano Profano Museum (formerly Lateran Museum), Vatican Museums

Statue of the Lyceum Apollo preserved in the Hall of the Dying Gaul at the Capitoline Museum, Rome Rome Capitoline Museum, Hall of the Dying Gaul Statue Roman Art, Europe, Ancient Civilization

Monumental reliquary with curves and small domes in the treasure of S. Antonio at Padua. Padua Basilica S. Antonio Reliquary Renaissance, Renaissance-Baroque styles and periods, Europe

Detail of the bronze candelabrum, work of Andrea Briosco, Basilica of S. Antonio, Padua Padua Basilica of S. Antonio, presbytery Candelabrum High Renaissance, Renaissance

The pulpit of the Church of S. Cesareo de Appia, Rome. Rome Church of S. Cesareo de Appia Pulpit Romanesque, Middle Ages, Europe, First and Second Millennium A.D.. Date of Photograph:1890 ca

Detail of the large window in the foreground of the Bridge House of the Torricelle at Padua. Padua. Date of Photograph:1900 ca

Faun and griffon, detail of the bronze candelabrum, work of Andrea Briosco, Basilica of S. Antonio, Padua Padua Basilica of S

A marble tombstone decorated with representations of peacocks and griffons, surrounded by plant elements. The work is located in the Crypt of the Church of S. Ciriaco, Ancona. Ancona Church of S

Candelabrum in wrought metal with a marble base, work preserved in the Louvre Museum, Paris. The candelabrum sits on a chest of drawers

The photo shows the front portion of a Roman sarcophagus: the work is decorated with two griffons shown in profile. Museum of Delphi Greece Delphi, Museum Sarcophagus Roman Art, Europe

Bas-relief, work by Agostino di Duccio, representing a griffon, decoration of the facade of the Oratory of S. Bernardino, Perugia

Griffin sculpted on the left pillar of the faade of the Church of the Madonna della luce in Perugia. Perugia Church of the Madonna della Luce Relief Renaissance

Bronze griffon of Fatimid art, famous Islamic work of uncertain origin, formerly on the pediment of the Cathedral of Pisa, and now preserved in Cemetery

Bronze pitcher in the form of a griffon, work preserved in the Louvre Museum, Paris. The tail of the animal gives form to the handle of the pitcher and its chest to the spout

Romanesque arms of a cross from Spain: works preserved in the Louvre Museum, Paris France Paris, Louvre Frieze Romanesque, Middle Ages, Europe, First and Second Millennium A.D

Griffon and bull, Greek statuettes: works preserved in the Louvre Museum, Paris France Paris, Louvre Statuette Greek Art, Greece, Europe, Ancient Civilization. Date of Photograph:1920-30 ca

Bronze "Situla della Certosa" preserved in the Bologna Archaeological Museum with embossed decorated figures with military scenes and funerary rites located on the top

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Griffin, floor mosaic, Church of San Giovanni Evangelista, Ravenna 1920-1930 ca. XIV sec Ravenna - Church of St. Giovanni Evangelista

Bas-relief depicting the planet Mercury, done by Agostino di Duccio and located in the Chapel of Planets, in the Malatestiano Temple in Rimini

Etruscan canopic vase from the National Estrucan Museum of Chiusi, with griffon heads and a cover surmounted by a femal figure in ritual pose

Coat of arms of the city of Volterra, bas. relief positioned in the bell tower of Volterra Cathedral Volterra Low Relief, Basrelief. Date of Photograph:1920 - 1930 ca.. Date of Artwork:1493 ca

The faade of the Church of San Leonardo di Siponto, Apulia, and the annexed building next to it Foggia San Leonardo di Siponto Door Romanesque, Middle Ages, Europe, First and Second Millennium A.D

An armchair and a canap, craftswork by Luigi Frullini, in Florence, Tuscany Florence Chair Nineteenth-Twenty century, 19th-20th century, Europe, First and Second Millennium A.D

Detail of the bronze basin, smelted by the Master Rosso, of the Fonte Maggiore in Perugia with a group of three nymphs holding an amphora pouring water

Pluteus with plant decorations and central diamond with a griffon. Work preserved in the Chapel of San Pietro of the Basilica of Aquileia

Pluteus with animals shown in geometric discs. Work preserved in the Chapel of San Pietro of the Basilica of Aquileia. Aquileia Basilica, Chapel of San Pietro Low Relief, Basrelief Lombard Period

The central portal of the Cathedral of Ruvo di Puglia Ruvo di Puglia Door Romanesque, Middle Ages, Europe, First and Second Millennium A.D.. Date of Photograph:1920-1930 ca

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