Iraq Iraqi Collection

The Tower of Babel, 1604 (oil on panel)
8933820 The Tower of Babel, 1604 (oil on panel) by Grimmer or Grimer, Abel (1570-1619); 51.1 x 66.3 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Painting by Abel Grimmer); Photo © Christie's Images.

The Tower of Babel (oil on copper)
8933816 The Tower of Babel (oil on copper) by Schoubroeck, Pieter (1570-1607); 45.4 x 77.5 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Painting by Pieter Schoubroeck); Photo © Christie's Images.

Haroun-al-Raschid mingling incognito among the ordinary people in Baghdad (colour litho)
498865 Haroun-al-Raschid mingling incognito among the ordinary people in Baghdad (colour litho) by European School (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

The Tower of Babel (oil on panel)
8933815 The Tower of Babel (oil on panel) by Valckenborch, Lucas van (c.1535-97); 48.5 x 64 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Painting by Lucas van Valckenborch); Photo © Christie's Images.

King Nimrod ordering the construction of the Tower of Babel (oil on panel)
8933819 King Nimrod ordering the construction of the Tower of Babel (oil on panel) by Caullery, Louis de (c.1580-1621) (circle of); 48 x 62.9 cm; Private Collection; (add.info)

The Tower of Babel, c.1650 (oil on canvas)
8933817 The Tower of Babel, c.1650 (oil on canvas) by Brueghel, Jan (1568-1625) (follower of); 53 x 76 cm; Private Collection; (add.info)

Historical Geography
5315172 Historical Geography; (add.info.: Historical Geography. 1900. Irak. Mosul's shops are mostly poor, and disproportionate grandeur is given to this fruit-seller's scantily furnished)

Stela of Shamshi-Adad V, ancient Assyria. (print)
7419911 Stela of Shamshi-Adad V, ancient Assyria. (print); (add.info.: The Stela of Shamshi-Adad V behind a sacrificial altar from Nimrud, ancient Assyria, modern day Iraq)

Croesus led before Cyrus on the Capture of Sardis (litho)
8660846 Croesus led before Cyrus on the Capture of Sardis (litho) by Morrow, Edwin A. (1877-1952) ; Private Collection; (add.info.: Croesus led before Cyrus on the Capture of Sardis)

Conquest of the Sea-Land by the Kassites (litho)
8660931 Conquest of the Sea-Land by the Kassites (litho) by Morrow, Edwin A. (1877-1952) ; Private Collection; (add.info.: Conquest of the Sea-Land by the Kassites)

Entry of the Turks into Baghdad, 1534 AD (litho)
8660922 Entry of the Turks into Baghdad, 1534 AD (litho) by Dudley, Robert Ambrose (1867-1951); Private Collection; (add.info.: Entry of the Turks into Baghdad, 1534 AD)

Rameses II receiving a Copy of his Treaty with the Hittites (litho)
8660916 Rameses II receiving a Copy of his Treaty with the Hittites (litho) by Stewart, Allan (1865-1951); Private Collection; (add.info.: Rameses II receiving a Copy of his Treaty with the Hittites)

Alexander the Great entering Babylon with Persian captives (engraving)
8635076 Alexander the Great entering Babylon with Persian captives (engraving) by Thorvaldsen, Bertel (1770-1844) (after); Private Collection; (add.info)

Modern Turkey (litho)
8661150 Modern Turkey (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Modern Turkey. The boundaries of the new Turkey were fixed by the Treaty of Lausanne, 1923)

Civilization of Mesopotamia: Royal Palace of Assyria in Nineveh (sometimes Nineveh)
NWI4855831 Civilization of Mesopotamia: Royal Palace of Assyria in Nineveh (sometimes Nineveh) on the edge of the Tiger before its destruction in 612 BC (today in Iraq)

Harun al-Rashid, the fifth Abbasid Caliph, copperplate engraving from Strahlheim, 1840s (engraving)
UTD4919670 Harun al-Rashid, the fifth Abbasid Caliph, copperplate engraving from Strahlheim, 1840s (engraving); (add.info)

Map of ancient Babylon and the kingdoms of Lydia and Medea (Asia Minor), around 550 BC
NWI4859781 Map of ancient Babylon and the kingdoms of Lydia and Medea (Asia Minor), around 550 BC. There are: Arab countries, Armenia, Mesopotamia, Babylon, Thraces, Europe, the Mediterranean Sea

Fragment of a relief of the throne room of the Palace of Assurbanipal or Ashurbanipal
JEB4907914 Fragment of a relief of the throne room of the Palace of Assurbanipal or Ashurbanipal, King of Assyria (Mesopotamia) (669 BC-627 BC) - Near East

King Nebuchadnezzar II (around 630-562 BC) meeting a gardener, Babylon, Mesopotamia
NWI4912688 King Nebuchadnezzar II (around 630-562 BC) meeting a gardener, Babylon, Mesopotamia. Colour engraving of the 19th century.; (add.info)

Portrait of Nebuchadnezzar II (604-562 BC), Chaldean king of Babylon (Iraq). Lithograph from 19th century illustration
NWI4912701 Portrait of Nebuchadnezzar II (604-562 BC), Chaldean king of Babylon (Iraq). Lithograph from 19th century illustration.; (add.info.: Portrait of Nebuchadnezzar II (604-562 BC)

The Anglo-Turkish conflict over Mosul (Iraq), 1925 (print)
XEE4148876 The Anglo-Turkish conflict over Mosul (Iraq), 1925 (print) by French School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Anglo-Turkish conflict over Mosul (Iraq)

Stone monument recording the sale of an estate
3330402 Stone monument recording the sale of an estate; (add.info.: Stone monument recording the sale of an estate with a goddess depicted helping with negotiations)

Stone monument recording the sale of an estate
3330376 Stone monument recording the sale of an estate; (add.info.: Stone monument recording the sale of an estate with a goddess depicted helping with negotiations)

Bronze axe head from Mesopotamia
3329423 Bronze axe head from Mesopotamia; (add.info.: Bronze axe head from Mesopotamia, which borders modern day Iraq and Iran. Dated 16th Century BC.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Pipeline to carry oil from Mosul; Iraq to Syria
3118441 Pipeline to carry oil from Mosul; Iraq to Syria; (add.info.: Pipeline to carry oil from Mosul; Iraq to Syria. Constructed in 1926.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Gilgamesh supporting a solar disc, relief, 9th century BC
AIS5388773 Gilgamesh supporting a solar disc, relief, 9th century BC.; National Museum, Aleppo, Syria; (add.info.: Assyrian art: representation of Gilgamesh supporting a winged solar disc. Detail)

Stele of victory of Naram-Sin, stone relief, 2230 BC
AIS5345397 Stele of victory of Naram-Sin, stone relief, 2230 BC; Louvre, Paris, France; (add.info.: Akkadian art. Stele of victory of Naram-Sin)

Mar Behnam Monastery, Iraq, detail of decoration, 12th century (stone)
AIS5338573 Mar Behnam Monastery, Iraq, detail of decoration, 12th century (stone); Mosul, Iraq; (add.info.: Chretian art: Convent of Saint Behnam (12th century), Iraq

Map showing the relation of the Median and second Babylonian (Chaldaean) Empires, 1936
7125140 Map showing the relation of the Median and second Babylonian (Chaldaean) Empires, 1936; (add.info.: Map showing the relation of the Median and second Babylonian (Chaldaean) Empires

Artist's impression of an Assyrian palace. From Cassell's Universal History, published 1888 (b/w engraving)
6867217 Artist's impression of an Assyrian palace. From Cassell's Universal History, published 1888 (b/w engraving); (add.info.: Artist's impression of an Assyrian palace)

Baghdad along the Tiger River, Iraq, Mesopotamia. 19th century coloring engraving
NWI4877580 Baghdad along the Tiger River, Iraq, Mesopotamia. 19th century coloring engraving.; (add.info.: Baghdad along the Tiger River, Iraq, Mesopotamia)

Old Jew of Babylon, engraving 19th century, drawing by Emile. Bayard
JAB5037166 Old Jew of Babylon, engraving 19th century, drawing by Emile. Bayard; (add.info.: Old Jew of Babylon, engraving 19th century, drawing by Emile. Bayard); Photo ©Jaime Abecasis

Bagdad Iraq in late 18th century
3085296 Bagdad Iraq in late 18th century; (add.info.: Bagdad Iraq in late 18th century)

Babylonian warrior with horse back. 19th century coloring engraving after a low relief
NWI4856192 Babylonian warrior with horse back. 19th century coloring engraving after a low relief.; (add.info.: Babylonian warrior with horse back)

Relief from the palace showing a lion hunted to death. 2nd millennium BC
529026 Relief from the palace showing a lion hunted to death. 2nd millennium BC.; (add.info.: Nineveh ancient city of Assyria, near modern-day Mosul, in the Ninawa Governorate of Iraq)

Babylon taken by Cyrus the Great (engraving)
8673434 Babylon taken by Cyrus the Great (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Babylon taken by Cyrus the Great)

Double-decked horse cars, Baghdad (b/w photo)
8673138 Double-decked horse cars, Baghdad (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Double decked horse cars, Baghdad)

Turkish artillery crossing the Tigris, Baghdad, 1917 (b/w photo)
8673136 Turkish artillery crossing the Tigris, Baghdad, 1917 (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Turkish artillery crossing the River Tigris, Baghdad)

Map of the Babylonian, Assyrian and Hittite Empires (litho)
8660960 Map of the Babylonian, Assyrian and Hittite Empires (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Map of the Babylonian, Assyrian and Hittite Empires)

Nabonidus sending Instructions to Belshazzar (litho)
8660925 Nabonidus sending Instructions to Belshazzar (litho) by Wright, Henry Charles Seppings (1850-1937); Private Collection; (add.info.: Nabonidus sending Instructions to Belshazzar)

Babylonian lion (colour litho)
8663933 Babylonian lion (colour litho) by Heydel, Paul (1854-1935); Private Collection; (add.info.: Babylonian lion. Illustration for Der Mensch und die Erde by Hans Kraemer)

Antigonus on the road to Babylon (engraving)
8635128 Antigonus on the road to Babylon (engraving) by German School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Antigonus on the road to Babylon. Illustration from Hellas)

Nimrud (or Nimrod, Nemrod), king of Sumer (Iraq), first empire founded after Deluge
NWI4911972 Nimrud (or Nimrod, Nemrod), king of Sumer (Iraq), first empire founded after Deluge, a powerful hunter and founder of Babylon (Mesopotamia)

The tomb of Zubaidah bint Ja'far, also Zobeide or Zobaida, Baghdad, Iraq, seen here in the 19th century
6428103 The tomb of Zubaidah bint Ja'far, also Zobeide or Zobaida, Baghdad, Iraq, seen here in the 19th century, from "Monuments de Tous les Peuples" by Ernest Breton

Map depicting the cradle of western civilization, 6, 000 - 4, 000 BC. (print)
7420091 Map depicting the cradle of western civilization, 6, 000 - 4, 000 BC. (print); (add.info.: Map depicting the cradle of western civilization, 6, 000 - 4, 000 BC)

Map of Assyria Chaldea and adjacent countries. From Cassell's Universal History, published 1888 (b/w engraving)
6867225 Map of Assyria Chaldea and adjacent countries. From Cassell's Universal History, published 1888 (b/w engraving); (add.info.: Map of Assyria Chaldea and adjacent countries)

The Hanging Gardens of ancient Babylon. From Cassell's Universal History, published 1888 (b/w engraving)
6867214 The Hanging Gardens of ancient Babylon. From Cassell's Universal History, published 1888 (b/w engraving); (add.info.: The Hanging Gardens of ancient Babylon)

Excavations of 1843 in KHORSABAD, Mesopotamia (Iraq)
JAB4121958 Excavations of 1843 in KHORSABAD, Mesopotamia (Iraq).; (add.info.: Excavations of 1843 in KHORSABAD, Mesopotamia (Iraq).); Photo ©Jaime Abecasis

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"Iraq: A Tapestry of History and Culture" Step into the rich tapestry of Iraq's history, where ancient civilizations intertwine with modern struggles. The Apocalypse Tapestry or Apocalypse of Angers, created between 1375-80, serves as a haunting reminder of the region's tumultuous past. Delve deeper into the annals of time and discover the Piedra gloriosa or statue of Nebuchadnezzar from 1655, depicted in an etching. This masterpiece captures the grandeur and power associated with one of Iraq's most renowned rulers. Travel back even further to the 8th-9th century AD through an earthenware storage jar. This artifact provides a glimpse into everyday life during this period and showcases the craftsmanship that thrived within Iraqi society. The statue of Nebuchadnezzar (Piedra Gloriosa) takes us on another journey through time, highlighting his enduring legacy as a symbol of strength and leadership. Fast forward to World War I when British troops found themselves in Mesopotamia, present-day Iraq. Their presence forever shaped the nation's destiny while leaving behind indelible marks on its landscape. Marvel at a lion in relief from Babylon's procession street dating back to 604-652 BC. This majestic creature stands as a testament to both artistic prowess and reverence for nature prevalent in ancient Iraqi culture. Discover statues like that of Gudea or reliefs depicting various scenes such as horse drivers, human-headed winged bulls, warriors with weapons, and functionaries. These masterpieces showcase not only artistic talent but also shed light on societal roles during different eras. Finally, observe a servant carrying a seat bench alongside a seat and vase depicted in low relief. Such intricate details offer insights into daily routines within ancient Iraqi households—an invaluable window into their lives centuries ago. Iraqi history is multifaceted—woven together by threads of triumph, turmoil, and resilience.