Priam and Achilles

The picture of the Kassel amphora is known by archaeologists around the world, for it illustrates an important scene from the Iliad by the Greek poet Homer.

Apollo, Kassel Type

The “Kassel Apollo” is the globally best-preserved Roman copy of a lost Greek masterpiece from the 5th century BC.

Julia Domna as Victoria

The large Roman cameo is a masterpiece of ancient lapidary art and belongs to the showpieces of the Collection of Antiquities in Kassel.

This sculpture belongs to the few historical pieces of the Collection of Antiquities in Kassel whose provenance is known.

Temple of Vesta, Tivoli

The temple belongs to a series of 36 cork models that Landgrave Friedrich II ordered from the architect Antonio Chichi in Rome.

Victoria of Fossombrone

This bronze statuette of the ancient goddess of victory, Victoria, was perhaps the cult statue of a temple in the Roman city of Forum Semproniae.

Medal commemorating the foundation of the Kassel Altertümergesellschaft (Society of Antiquities)

A week after returning from Italy, Friedrich II founded the Altertümergesellschaft. A bit more than two years later, on May 23, 1779, the Museum Fridericianum opened its gates.

The bronze cast in Kassel is the model on which all subsequent variants of the sculptural portrait of the famous archaeologist Winckelmann are based.

In the Museum Fridericianum in Kassel, the Antinous bust always belonged to the most admired works. Today, it stands in the Collection of Antiquities in Wilhelmshöhe Palace.

Sarcophagus with the Triumph of Dionysos and the Seasons

The recurring seasons reflect the notion of a natural cycle of death and rebirth to which all beings are subjected.