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Metal Collection (#98)

"Exploring the Enduring Strength and Beauty of Metal" The Boxer of Quirinal: A masterpiece in metal

Background imageMetal Collection: Viking Age. Runestones. Dedicated to their ancestors. Nation

Viking Age. Runestones. Dedicated to their ancestors. Nation
Art. Germanic. Viking Age. Northern Europe. Runestones. Dedicated to their ancestors. National Museum of Denmark

Background imageMetal Collection: Metal Age. Golden bowls. 1000-800 BC. From Borgbjerg Banke

Metal Age. Golden bowls. 1000-800 BC. From Borgbjerg Banke
Art. Prehistory. Metal Age. Golden bowls. 1000-800 BC. Decorated with sun symbols, and several have a handle with a horses head. Used as drinking cups at rituals feasts

Background imageMetal Collection: Golden vessels. Denmark. The Late Bronze Age. 800-400 BC. Na

Golden vessels. Denmark. The Late Bronze Age. 800-400 BC. Na
Prehistoric. Art. Metal Age. Northern Europe. Golden vessels. Decorated with geometric patterns. Denmark. The Late Bronze Age. 800-400 BC. National Museum of Denmark

Background imageMetal Collection: Bronze Age. Rock carving from Jaegersborg Dyrehave north of

Bronze Age. Rock carving from Jaegersborg Dyrehave north of
Prehistory. Bronze Age. Rock carving from Jaegersborg Dyrehave north of Copenhagen, 1100-700 BC. On A sun image is depicted on a stand on a ship. National Museum of Denmark. Copenhaguen

Background imageMetal Collection: Prehistory. Helmet of from Veksoe-bog. (800-400 BC). Denmark

Prehistory. Helmet of from Veksoe-bog. (800-400 BC). Denmark
Prehistory. Metal Age. Helmet from Veksoe-bog. Bronze. Denmark. Bronze Age. (800-400 BC). National Museum of Denmark. Copenhaguen

Background imageMetal Collection: Bronze Age. Golden bowls, most with handle shaped like horse

Bronze Age. Golden bowls, most with handle shaped like horse
Art. Prehistory. Bronze Age. Golden bowls, most with handle shaped like horses heads. 10th-6th Centuries BC. National Museum of Denmark. Copenhagen

Background imageMetal Collection: Folding chair in ash wood. Second half of 1400 BC. Bronze Ag

Folding chair in ash wood. Second half of 1400 BC. Bronze Age. Guldhoj barrow, Southern Jutland. National Museum of Denmark. Copenhagen. Denmark

Background imageMetal Collection: Gold bracelets. Early Bronze Age. 1700-1100 BC

Gold bracelets. Early Bronze Age. 1700-1100 BC
Smooth and spiral bracelets in gold. Early Bronze Age, 1700-1100 BC. National Museum of Denmark. Copenhagen. Denmark

Background imageMetal Collection: Bronze dagger and axe blade of bronze. Vigerslev. 2000-1700

Bronze dagger and axe blade of bronze. Vigerslev. 2000-1700
Bronze dagger from central Europe and locally made axe blade of bronze. Vigerslev, near Copenhagen. 2000-1700 BC. National Museum of Denmark. Copenhagen. Denmark

Background imageMetal Collection: Objects from Skeldal, central Jutland. 2000-1700 BC

Objects from Skeldal, central Jutland. 2000-1700 BC
Local made and imported objects from Skeldal, central Jutland. Bracelets, axes and necklaces. 2000-1700 BC. National Museum of Denmark. Copenhagen. Denmark

Background imageMetal Collection: Steel Industry. 19th century. Oven. Modeling a steel block

Steel Industry. 19th century. Oven. Modeling a steel block. Colored engraving, 1874

Background imageMetal Collection: Flint daggers. Middle Period of the Daggers. 2000 BC. Grimme

Flint daggers. Middle Period of the Daggers. 2000 BC. Grimme
Flint daggers of Grimmelstrup, Falster. The brown colour of the stone is due to the faict of being in peat soil. Middle Period of the Daggers. 2000 BC. National Museum of Denmark. Copenhagen. Denmark

Background imageMetal Collection: Metal Age. Golden bowls, most with handle shaped like horses

Metal Age. Golden bowls, most with handle shaped like horses
Art. Prehistory. Metal Age. Golden bowls, most with handle shaped like horses heads, from an imported bronze vessel decorated with sun ships. De Bog Mariesminde, Funen. 10th-6th Centuries BC

Background imageMetal Collection: Metal Age. Northern Europe. The round shields. Period 1100-7

Metal Age. Northern Europe. The round shields. Period 1100-7
Prehistoric. Art. Metal Age. Northern Europe. The round shields were used in the rituals. They were probably imported from central Europe and are from the period 1100-700 BC

Background imageMetal Collection: Bronze Age. Objects and ornaments. Broze. Northern Zealand

Bronze Age. Objects and ornaments. Broze. Northern Zealand
Prehistoric. Art. Bronze Age. Neck rings, arm rings, costume pins, chains, other ornaments, axes and a chisel-like object. From Rogerup Bog, northern Zealand. 700-500 BC. National Museum of Denmark

Background imageMetal Collection: Prehistoric. Art. Metal Age. Male figure of oak, from Brodde

Prehistoric. Art. Metal Age. Male figure of oak, from Broddenbjerg Bog, central Jutland. Sacrifices of pots must have taken place around the wooden figure

Background imageMetal Collection: Bronze Age. Belt ornaments. 700-500 A. C. National Museum of

Bronze Age. Belt ornaments. 700-500 A. C. National Museum of
Prehistoric. Art. Metal Age. Belt ornaments. Located : bog from Jutlandia, Denmark. 700-500 a.C. Bronze Age. National Museum of Denmark

Background imageMetal Collection: Metal Age. Belt of many small bronze rings and ornamental pl

Metal Age. Belt of many small bronze rings and ornamental pl
Prehistory. Art. Metal Age. A large belt consisting of many small bronze rings and ornamental plates. Possible horse harness. From a bog at Gerlev, northern Zealand. Denmark. 900-700 BC

Background imageMetal Collection: Bronze Age. Belt ornaments, arm rings, a neck ring. Fardal

Bronze Age. Belt ornaments, arm rings, a neck ring. Fardal
Prehistory. Art. Metal Age. Bronze Age. Belt ornaments, arm rings, a neck ring. from a gravel hill at Fardal, central Jutland. 900-700 BC. National Museum of Denmark

Background imageMetal Collection: Metal Age. Cult axe from Ormenaes, Funen. 1500-1300 BC. Mus

Metal Age. Cult axe from Ormenaes, Funen. 1500-1300 BC. Mus
Prehistory. Art. Metal Age. Cult axe from Ormenaes, Funen. Found on an islet near the coast. 1500-1300 BC. Museum of Denmark. Copenhaguen

Background imageMetal Collection: Cult axe from Bastad near Helsingborg, Scania. C. 1400 BC. N

Cult axe from Bastad near Helsingborg, Scania. C. 1400 BC. N
Prehistory. Metal Age. Cult axe from Bastad, near Helsingborg, Scania. C. 1400 BC. National Museum of Denmark. Copenhaguen

Background imageMetal Collection: Metal Age. Cinerary urn. 700-500 BC. Museum of Denmark. Cope

Metal Age. Cinerary urn. 700-500 BC. Museum of Denmark. Cope
Prehistory. Metal Age. Cinerary urn with snake. Eastern Jutland. Denmark. 700-500 BC. Museum of Denmark. Copenhaguen

Background imageMetal Collection: Bronze Age. Several womens ornaments and some bronze figure

Bronze Age. Several womens ornaments and some bronze figure
Prehistory. Bronze Age. Several womens ornaments and some bronze figures. Are furnished with pegs. C. 800 BC. Fardal, central Jutland. Denmark. Museum of Denmark. Copenhaguen

Background imageMetal Collection: Denmark. Copenhagen. Palace Hotel. Exterior

Denmark. Copenhagen. Palace Hotel. Exterior

Background imageMetal Collection: Donation boxes. Jewish Museum Berlin. Germany

Donation boxes. Jewish Museum Berlin. Germany
Donation boxes. Jerusalem, about 1940-1941, sheet metal. It shows a pictures of the grave of Rabbi Meir Baal Hanes near Tiberias

Background imageMetal Collection: John William Mills (b. 1933). English sculptor. Blitz (1991)

John William Mills (b. 1933). English sculptor. Blitz (1991). Memorial in honor of firefighters who lost their lives in service after suppressing fires caused by German bombing of the Luftwaffe

Background imageMetal Collection: Franklin D. Roosevelt Memorial. United States

Franklin D. Roosevelt Memorial. United States
Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882-1945). 32th President of the United States. Bronze statue. Detail. Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial. Washington D.C. United States

Background imageMetal Collection: Prehistoric Art. Age of Metals. Greece. Different types of k

Prehistoric Art. Age of Metals. Greece. Different types of knives, axes and various utensils. National Archaeological Museum. Athens

Background imageMetal Collection: Prehistoric Art. Early Bronze Age. Handmade Jar of clay with

Prehistoric Art. Early Bronze Age. Handmade Jar of clay without decoration. Globular body, wide mouth and a handle. Dated in the third millennium B.C. National Archaeological Museum. Athens. Greece

Background imageMetal Collection: Prehistoric Art. Bronze Age. Stone foundation of an apsidal

Prehistoric Art. Bronze Age. Stone foundation of an apsidal home. Late Helladic III (1400-1060 B.C.). Olympia. Greece

Background imageMetal Collection: Greek Art. Archaic Age. Bronze griffin

Greek Art. Archaic Age. Bronze griffin. Second half of the 7th century, early 6th century BC. Archaeological Museum of Olympia. Greece

Background imageMetal Collection: Greek Art. Archaic Age. 6th century BCE. Bronze tripod foot

Greek Art. Archaic Age. 6th century BCE. Bronze tripod foot with six reliefs depicting: 1-Woman holding a horse by the reins, 2 - Lion and Scorpion

Background imageMetal Collection: Greek Art. Archaic Period. Horse. Bronze

Greek Art. Archaic Period. Horse. Bronze. Archaeological Museum of Olympia. Greece

Background imageMetal Collection: Greek Art. Archaic Period. 7th century BCE. Bronze bowl

Greek Art. Archaic Period. 7th century BCE. Bronze bowl with globular body and a handle with two rampant lions facing each other and a flower in the middle. Archaeological Museum of Olympia. Greece

Background imageMetal Collection: Greek Art. 5th century B. C. Greece. Bronze bath handle depic

Greek Art. 5th century B. C. Greece. Bronze bath handle depic
Greek Art. 5th century B.C. Greece. Bronze bath handle depicting two lions devouring a deer (c. 480 BC). Archaeological Museum of Olympia

Background imageMetal Collection: Right forearm belonging to a bronze statue of a woman. 3rd-1

Right forearm belonging to a bronze statue of a woman. 3rd-1
Greek Art. 3rd-1st century BCE. Right forearm belonging to a bronze statue of a woman. Archaeological Museum of Olympia. Greece

Background imageMetal Collection: Coffer of agates. Spain

Coffer of agates. Spain
Coffer of agates. 11th century. Made in silver and decorated with agates. From the Collegiate Church of Saint Isidore of Leon. National Archaeological Museum. Madrid. Spain

Background imageMetal Collection: Spanish industry. Factory. Interior. 1958

Spanish industry. Factory. Interior. 1958
Spanish industry, 1958. Factory of a components for motorcycles. Metal sheet department. Barcelona. Catalonia. Spain

Background imageMetal Collection: National World War II Memorial. Washington D. C. United State

National World War II Memorial. Washington D. C. United State
National World War II Memorial. Relief depicting the homecoming of the victorious soldiers. Washington D.C. United States

Background imageMetal Collection: Greek art. Magna Graecia. Bronze helmet, cuirass and shin gu

Greek art. Magna Graecia. Bronze helmet, cuirass and shin guard. Muzzle and horse armor. Apulia Region (Southern Italy). Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York. United States

Background imageMetal Collection: Roman Art. Bronze mask. 2nd century

Roman Art. Bronze mask. 2nd century
Roman Art. Bronze mask used by Roman soldiers during training. 2nd century. Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York. United States

Background imageMetal Collection: Head of a sacred bull. Bronze. 1st century. Found in Octodur

Head of a sacred bull. Bronze. 1st century. Found in Octodur
Roman Art. Head of a sacred bull. Bronze. 1st century. Found in Octodure (now Martigny, Switzerland). Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York. United States

Background imageMetal Collection: Bronze statue of a man dressed with an himation (2nd-1st cen

Bronze statue of a man dressed with an himation (2nd-1st cen
Greek Art. Hellenistic. Bronze statue of a man dressed with an himation (2nd-1st century B.C.). Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York. United States

Background imageMetal Collection: Visigothic art. Metal brooch

Visigothic art. Metal brooch. 6th century. Archaeological Museum of Madrid. Spain

Background imageMetal Collection: Bronze statue of a lion rampant. Second half of 6th century

Bronze statue of a lion rampant. Second half of 6th century. Olympia Archaeological Museum. Ilia Province. Peloponnese region. Greece

Background imageMetal Collection: Bronze vase as lions foot. 7th-6th Century B. C. Archaic Age

Bronze vase as lions foot. 7th-6th Century B. C. Archaic Age
Bronze vase as lions foot. 7th-6th Century B.C. Archaic Age. Olympia Archaeological Museum. Ilia Province. Peloponnese region. Greece

Background imageMetal Collection: Balearic Islands. Menorca. Naveta dels Tudons. Megalithic cu

Balearic Islands. Menorca. Naveta dels Tudons. Megalithic cu
Naveta dels Tudons. Megalithic culture. Bronze Age. Near Ciutadella. Menorca island. Balearic Islandas. Spain

Background imageMetal Collection: Torredonjimeno cross. VI-VII century. Spain

Torredonjimeno cross. VI-VII century. Spain
Visigothic art. VI-VII century. Torredonjimeno cross. Decorated with metal inlaid with precious stones and floral ornaments. Archaeological Museum of Barcelona. Catalonia. Spain




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"Exploring the Enduring Strength and Beauty of Metal" The Boxer of Quirinal: A masterpiece in metal, this ancient statue showcases the power and grace of a skilled pugilist. "The Thief": Antonio Maria Fabres y Costa's painting captures the allure and mystery surrounding a cunning thief, his eyes gleaming with mischief. Coopers at work: Witness the artistry as these craftsmen shape wooden barrels, their tools clinking against metal hoops to create vessels that hold stories within. Miner at Geevor Tin Mine: Delve into the depths of Cornwall's mining history as a brave miner emerges from underground, covered in sweat and dust but fueled by determination. Gold Rush at Carnon Stream Works: In Cornwall's picturesque landscape, witness nature's alchemy as sparkling gold nuggets are extracted from flowing streams using meticulous metal pans. Perseus and Medusa Statue: Marvel at Florence's Loggia dei Lanzi where this stunning bronze sculpture immortalizes Perseus' heroic triumph over Medusa, capturing every detail in lustrous metal. Sunrise at Clyde Arc (Squinty Bridge): As dawn breaks over Glasgow's iconic bridge, its metallic structure glimmers under golden rays, reflecting resilience amidst urban beauty. Great Newtown Head and Metal Man: Stand alongside Tramore CoWaterford’s rugged coastline where an imposing Metal Man stands tall against crashing waves—a guardian watching over seafarers for centuries. WWI German Gas Mask: Encased in its original metal container lies a haunting relic from World War I—an artifact that symbolizes both protection and destruction during times of conflict. Normandy Landings - June 6th, 1944: Remembering bravery on D-Day when thousands stormed ashore through gunfire; steel helmets glinted amidst chaos while courageous soldiers fought for freedom. The Souk, Marrakech.