Glyptotek / exhibits

Marble sarcophagus made in Rome during 3rd Century AD. The reliefs include flying cupids with a portrait shield of the deceased. In the Winter Garden of the Ny-Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen, Denmark. (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 - credit: Images George Rex.)

Three examples from the thousands of exhibits at the excellent Glyptotek museum.

1. Female head from a sarcophagus lid, c.450BC, Parian marble. With Egyptian false beard (despite female), but the snail curls and thick eyelids are Greek influenced.

2. Painted copy of a grave-marker in the shape of a vase. The marble original, c.330BC from Athens, is also displayed. A woman in labour is supported by a midwife while her young maid covers her eyes in sorrow at losing her mistress in childbirth.

3. Bust of Amélie de Montfort, 1869, by Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux.

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Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen, Denmark.

(CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 - credit: Images George Rex.)