Creature Collection (page 9)

Altar of Domitius. Detail. Ca. 150 BC
Altar of Domitius. At the base is depicting the wedding of Poseidon and Amphitrite. Ca. 150 BC. Detail of the nuptial courtship with a Nereid on a hippocampus bringing a present and winged erotes

Sphinx. Sculpture. Glyptothek Museum. Munich. Germany

Baldassare Peruzzi (1481-1536). Italian architect and painter. Villa Farnesina. Renaissance. Detail Frescoes. Polyphemus. Cyclope. Rome. Italy

Zoophorus. Detail. Baptistery of Parma
Italy. Parma. Baptistery (1196-1260). Reliefs of different zodiacal signs and animals by Benedetto Antelami. 13th century. Detail. Sagittarius

Baptistery of Parma. Exterior. Detail
Italy. Parma. Baptistery (1196-1260). Statues and reliefs of different zodiacal signs and animals by Benedetto Antelami and their school. 13th century

The early Iron. Roman influence. Gryphon of Vimose. Bronze
The early Iron. Roman influence. Gryphon of Vimose. A gryphons head of gilt bronze. The gryphon was perhaps once part of a Roman parade helmet. Was found in a Bog, Funen. National Museum of Denmark

Ancient Art. Mediterranean Area. Roof construction. Ornamental tile depicting a horseman and a griffin. Terracotta. Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek. Copenhagen. Denmark

Trajan (53-177 A. D. ). Roman Emperor. Sculpture. Detail body
Trajan (53-177 A.D.). Roman Emperor from 80 to 117 A.D. Sculpture. Detail body armour depicting two winged griffins face to face. Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek. Copenhagen. Denmark

Phoenician. Lycian Sarcophagus. 5th BC. Batlle of centaurs
Phoenician. Lycian Sarcophagus. 5th BC. Made out of Paros marble. Detail. Batlle of centaurs. Royal Necropolis of Sidon. Lebanon. Istanbul Archaeological Museum. Turkey

Reliefs of Sanctuary of Athena. Pergamon
Sanctuary of Athena. 2nd century BC. Fragment of the frieze depicting marine centaurs. Acropolis of Pergamum. Pergamon Museum. Berlin. Germany

Wooden relief of Virgin with Infant by Diego Siloe. 1544
Diego Siloe (1495-1563). Spanish architect and sculptor. Virgin with Infant, 1544. Wood. From the Priory chair of the Monastery of Saint Jerome, Granada. Museum of Fine Arts. Granada. Spain

Ukraine. Autonomous Republic of Crimea. Kerch. The Great Mithridates Staircase leading on top of the Mount Mithridat. Griffin

Aachen Cathedral. Palatine Chapel. Pala d Oro
Aachen Cathedral. Palatine Chapel. Frontal of Main Altar, know as Pala d Oro. 1000. Golden panels depicting Christ enthroned inside a mandorla (centre) flanqued by Virgin Mary and St. Michael

Ostia Antica. Mosaic of Baths of Buticosus
Ostia Antica. Baths of Buticosus. 1st - 2nd centuries AD. Caldarium. Mosaic depicting Triton and Nereid. Near Rome

Mosaic of the Square of the Guilds or Corporations. Ostia An
Ostia Antica. Square of the Guilds or Corporations. Mosaic depicting an Nereid with a sea-horse. Near Rome

Mosaic of Neptunes Triumph at the Baths of Neptune. Ostia A
Baths of Neptune. 1st - 2nd centuries AD. Detail of mosaic of Neptunes Triumph depicting Neptune on the chariot drawn by seahorses. Ostia Antica. Italy

Relief depicting a eagle-headed protective spirit. Nimrud
Relief depicting a Eagle-headed protective spirit. 865-860 BC. From Northwest Palace. Nimrud. British Museum. London. United Kingdom

Etruscan stone sarcophagus of Bomarzo
Stone sarcophagus with lid carved in the likeness of the roof of a house decorated with sphinxes. 325-250 BC. From the Grotta Dipinta in Bomarzo (Italy). British Museum. London. United Kingdom

Spain. The Four Evangelists. Fresco
Spain. Arceniega. Church of Our Lady of Assumption. The Four Evangelists. Fresco from the vault of the atrium

Baths of Neptune. Mosaic. Ostia Antica
Amphitrite on a hippocampus with Hymenaeus and Tritons. Detail. Mosaic at the Baths of Neptune. 2nd century. Ostia Antica. Italy

Basin with reliefs of a marine procession (Thiasos). Rome. I
Basin with reliefs depicting a procession (Thiasos) with Tritons and Nereids with weapons forged by Hephaestus for Achilles. Pentelic marble. Found in the Hospital of the Holy Spirit (Rome). 120 BC

Griffin. Vessel
Vessel in form of griffin and horn. Found in Via Tiburtina. Penthelic marble. 1st century BD. Roman National Museum. Palazzo Massimo. Rome. Italy

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

Persian Art. Achaemenid period. Persepolis. Griffin
Persian Art. Achaemenid period. Persepolis (Takht-e-Jamshid). Capital with a griffin, dated during the reign of Xerxes (486-465 BC). In the background, the Gate of all Nations or Gate of Xerxes

Spain. Catalonia. Monastery of Santes Creus. Royal Palace. 14th century. Detail. Aiguamurcia

Triple-bodied Monster, know as Bluebeard. Pediment of the Hekatompedon of the Acropolis. 6th century BC. Acropolis Museum. Athens. Greece

Lamasu or Bull-man. Detail of the head. Reliefs from Sargon
Assyrian Art. Lamasu or Bull-man. Detail of the head. Reliefs from Sargon IIs Palace. Dur-Sharrukin (Khorsabad). Assyria, 721-705 BC. Alabaster. 8th century BC. Louvre Museum. Paris. France

Assyrian Art. Reliefs from Sargon IIs Palace. Civil servan
Assyrian Art. Lamasu or Bull-man. Reliefs from Sargon IIs Palace. Functionary. Dur-Sharrukin (Khorsabad). Assyria, 721-705 BC. Alabaster. 8th century BC. Louvre Museum. Paris. France

Assyrian Art. Reliefs from Sargon IIs Palace. Genius. Dur
Assyrian Art. Lamasu or Bull-man. Reliefs from Sargon IIs Palace. Genius. Dur-Sharrukin (Khorsabad). Assyria, 721-705 BC. Alabaster. 8th century BC. Louvre Museum. Paris. France

Lamasu or Bull-man. Gate from Sargon IIs Palace. Dur-Sharru
Assyrian Art. Lamasu or Bull-man. Gate from Sargon IIs Palace. Dur-Sharrukin (Khorsabad). Assyria, 721-705 BC. Alabaster. 8th century BC. Louvre Museum. Paris. France

Asylum Pregnant Woman
" I ve noticed you re treating this poor creature more kindly?" " Yes, the chief nurse has got her pregnant." Date: 1904

Four-Armed Alien
MAN-JEWELS FOR XOTHAR by Hal K Wells. An Earthman with an axe tries to hack his way out of the serpentine embraces of an alien creature with four deadly-looking claws Date: 1936

Freak Birth of 1547
Alleged birth of creature with human head and trunk-like nose, and heads of dogs, sheeps and monkeys over its body and webbed hands and feet Date: 1547

Pauline Serpent
Travellers on the Pauline, en route to Zanzibar, see a whale encircled by this serpent-like creature : the ships chaplain sketches it and Captain Drevar confirms the sighting Date: July 1875

Underwater bell, Marine Studios, Marineland, Florida, USA
A dolphin and a turtle near an underwater bell at Marine Studios, Marineland, Florida, USA. The ringing of the bell is a signal that it is feeding time. Date: circa 1938

Feeding time, Marine Studios, Marineland, Florida, USA
Feeding time at Marine Studios, Marineland, Florida, USA, showing a man holding out a fish for a dolphin, watched by spectators. Date: circa 1938

Skull, tooth and fanciful illustration of a Dinotherium, shown as a kind of seal-like creature.. Handcolored lithograph from Dr. F.A

Sukotyro, mythical creature.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from The Naturalists Pocket Magazine; or, Complete Cabinet of the Curiosities and Beauties of Nature (1798-1802) published by Harrison

Large shiny blue-black and crimson crawfish or crayfish, Palemon ornatum.. Handcolored engraving from Charles d Orbignys Dictionnaire Universel d Histoire Naturelle

Decorative arrangement of colorful shells including cowrie, mitra, Peruvian olive and terebellum.. Handcolored engraving from Charles d Orbignys Dictionnaire Universel d Histoire Naturelle

Decorative arrangement of seven shells including princely purple, ricinula, strombus, etc.. Handcolored engraving from Charles d Orbignys Dictionnaire Universel d Histoire Naturelle

Different types of corals and seaweeds.. Handcolored engraving from Charles d Orbignys Dictionnaire Universel d Histoire Naturelle (Universal Dictionary of Natural History), 1849

Variety of seashells including oysters, file clams, smooth pectens and scarlet thorny oyster.. Handcolored engraving from Charles d Orbignys Dictionnaire Universel d Histoire Naturelle

Variety of molluscs including terebratula, pearly fresh water mussel, and jingle shells.. Handcolored engraving from Charles d Orbignys Dictionnaire Universel d Histoire Naturelle

Tropical shells including Colombella, Buccinum, Voluta, Terebra, Conus imperialis and Harpa.. Handcolored engraving from Charles d Orbignys Dictionnaire Universel d Histoire Naturelle

Variety of colorful shells including Cardium, Etheria, Tridacna and Chama shells.. Handcolored engraving from Charles d Orbignys Dictionnaire Universel d Histoire Naturelle

Variety of colorful tropical helix shells.. Handcolored engraving from Charles d Orbignys Dictionnaire Universel d Histoire Naturelle (Universal Dictionary of Natural History), 1849

Colorful crimson and black, pink and ivory Bulimus shells.. Handcolored engraving from Charles d Orbignys Dictionnaire Universel d Histoire Naturelle (Universal Dictionary of Natural History), 1849

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