Marble

6 artworks made in marble, with artist, date and current location.

David

Michelangelo1501-1504

Carved from a single block of marble that two other sculptors had abandoned. Michelangelo was only 2...

Pieta

Michelangelo1498-1499

Michelangelo was only 23 when he carved it. The only work he ever signed, after overhearing someone ...

The Kiss (Rodin)

Auguste Rodin1882

Depicts Paolo and Francesca from Dantes Inferno, caught in eternal passion. Originally part of The G...

Lacoon and His Sons

Agesander, Athenodoros, Polydorus1st century AD (copy)

Depicts the Trojan priest Laocoon and his sons attacked by sea serpents. Discovered in Rome in 1506,...

Discobolus

Myron (Roman copy)460-450 BC (copy)

A discus thrower captured at the moment of maximum tension. The original Greek bronze is lost, only ...

Psyche Revived by Cupids Kiss

Antonio Canova1793

A neoclassical masterpiece of ideal beauty. Shows the moment Cupid awakens Psyche with a kiss. The w...