Azuridian Artpal Gallery

New art for sale! "Shawabty of Tashery" Purchase online here. 1391–1353 BC Egypt, New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, reign of Amenhotep III

New art for sale! "Statue of Amenemhat III" Purchase online here. Egypt, Middle Kingdom, Dynasty 12 (1980-1801), reign of Amenemhat III Even though this statue of a king is uninscribed, its distinctive features identify it without any doubt as a portrait of Amenemhat III. The heavy brows, prominent cheekbones, hollow cheeks, jutting lower jaw...

New art for sale! "Overseer of Fields, Horwedja" Purchase online here. Naophorous Statue of the Finance Officer and Overseer of Fields, Horwedja Egypt, Late Period, Dynasty 27, probably reign of Darius I Naophorous (naos.bearing) statues show the subject holding a naos, or shrine, containing an image of a deity, in this case the god Ptah of Memphi...

New art for sale! "Frog Amulet" Purchase online here. Egypt, New Kingdom, Dynasty 18 The frog, because of its numerous offspring, was a symbol of fertility. In fact, the hieroglyphic sign for 100,000 was a tadpole. Frog amulets were very popular both in semiprecious stone and in faience, and were worn by women hoping for an easy d...

New art for sale! "Funerary Portrait of a Man" Purchase online here. Egypt, Roman Empire, Antonine, early 2nd century AD So-called mummy portraits were apparently painted during the owners' lives and hung in their homes. At the time of the owner's death, the portrait was taken down, cut from its frame, and trimmed to fit the deceased's mummy, to...

New art for sale! "Jackal" Purchase online here. Egypt, Late Period, Dynasty 26 or later

New art for sale! "Weight in the Form of a Lion" Purchase online here. Egypt, New Kingdom, Dynasty 18 (1540-1296 BC), reign of Amenhotep III

New art for sale! "Cosmetic Vessel" Purchase online here. Egypt, Middle Kingdom, Dynasty 12, reign of Amenemhat III, 1918-1884 BC Obsidian and gold Both ancient Egyptian men and women loved cosmetics. Unguents, oils, and perfumes made from aromatic plant resins and gums were obtained at great cost from distant lands. The objects ident...

New art for sale! "Amulet of Bastet" Purchase online here. Egypt, Third Intermediate Period Elegantly seated on a low base, its tail curled around its left side, this tiny cat, sacred animal of the goddess Bastet, is a sculptural tour de force. The front legs are carved entirely in openwork. The base, an amalgam of the hieroglyphs for....

New art for sale! "Cat Coffin" Purchase online here. Egypt, Ptolemaic Dynasty (305-30 BC) Although the cat is considered the most Egyptian of animals, as an object of worship the cat does not appear until late in Egyptian history. This unusually large statue of a cat was made to hold the mummified remains of a sacred cat. The cof...

New art for sale! "Apollo the Python-Slayer" Purchase online here. Attributed to Praxiteles (Greek, c. 400BC-c. 330BC) This bronze sculpture of Apollo formerly known as "Sauroktonos," or lizard-slayer, is attributed to the renowned Greek sculptor Praxiteles. The survival of an original bronze sculpture attributed to a known artist in ancient G...

New art for sale! "Shawabty of Nectanebo II" Purchase online here. This shawabty is inscribed for King Nakjthorheb, or Nectanebo II. The color of the faience is not the brilliant blue of Seti I's or Pinudjem II's shawabtys, but a much lighter turquoise hue with a more matte finish that became popular during Dynasty 25. The shape is mummiform,....

New art for sale! "Saint Jerome" Purchase online here. Saint Jerome (about ad 347–420) translated biblical texts into Latin. Although he sometimes appears as a scholar in his study, Ribera represents him here as a penitent who withdrew to the desert, beating his chest with a stone to emulate Christ’s suffering and contemplating...

New art for sale! "Twilight in the Wilderness" Purchase online here. In his New York studio, Church painted this spectacular view of a blazing sunset over wilderness near Mount Katahdin in Maine, which he had sketched during a visit nearly two years earlier. Although Church often extolled the grandeur of pristine American landscape in his work,....

New art for sale! "Bella Donna Charger" Purchase online here. Ceremonial plates decorated with a bella donna (beautiful woman) feature half-length portraits of a young woman surrounded by scrolled banners. Many bella donna plates were informed by the frescos of Renaissance painters Pietro Perugino and Pinturicchio.

New art for sale! "Julius Caesar" Purchase online here. Roman emperor Julius Caesar appears here as a political rather than military leader, worn by the burdens of office, with carefully described signs of aging. Mino probably used ancient coins from the collection of the Medici, Florence's ruling family, as his starting point for t...

New art for sale! "Tomb with Sphinx" Purchase online here. Originally trained as an architect, Louis Jean Desprez produced this print depicting a tomb while living in Rome. He combined details observed while visiting catacombs in southern Italy with macabre inventions, such as the pair of feet visible from within the sculptural space.....

New art for sale! "Portrait of the Emperor Maximilian" Purchase online here. Presented in full profile, the Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I (reigned 1486–1519) and his mount emulate a classical equestrian portrait statue. The Latin abbreviations inscribed at the top of the page describe him as “August Emperor Caesar Maximilian,” a title conceptual...

New art for sale! "The Age of Bronze" Purchase online here. (Sensitive content. Click to view.) Rodin’s earliest surviving life-size sculpture, The Age of Bronze is an enigmatic and provocative image of a man awakening to new consciousness. The figure originally held a spear in one hand; by removing the weapon, Rodin stripped the scul...

New art for sale! "Saluting Protective Spirit" Purchase online here. Striding forward with muscular arms and legs, this winged deity offers a gesture of salutation along with symbols of agricultural bounty. Inscribed with an account of the Assyrian king Ashurnasirpal II's military conquests and victories, this relief once stood alongside hundred...

New art for sale! "The Race Track" Purchase online here. Death on a Pale Horse) c. 1896–1908 Ryder’s subject was inspired by a horse race that took place in New York during 1888. One of the artist’s friends wagered $500 on the race and then committed su***de after the horse lost. Medieval symbolism infuses the composition: deat...

New art for sale! "The Miracles of Saint James" Purchase online here. Noël Nicolas Coypel combined two stories associated with Saint James the Greater, one of the twelve apostles of Christ. In the foreground is the magician Hermogenes, begging forgiveness. Hermogenes had cast a spell on James, but the saint turned the curse back on him. When Jam...