The most astonishingly lifelike sculptures ever produced

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1. “David”, marble – Michelangelo (1504)

2. “Undine Rising From the Waters”, marble – Chauncey Bradley Ives (1884)

3. “Perseus with the Head of Medusa”, bronze – Benvenuto Cellini (c.1554)

4. Copy of the “Barberini Faun”, marble – Edmé Bouchardon (1732)

5. “Modesty”, marble – Antonio Corradini (1752)

7. “Neptune” atop the Fountain of Neptune in Bologna, bronze – Giambologna (c.1567)

8. “Charles de Sainte-Maure”, marble – Louis-Philippe Mouchy (1781)

9. “Laocoön and His Sons”, marble – Unknown sculptor (c.323 BC – 31 AD)

10. “Ugolino and His Sons”, marble – Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux (1867)

11. “The Abduction of Proserpina”, marble – Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1622)

13. “The Age of Bronze”, bronze – Auguste Rodin (1876)

14. “Pietà”, marble – Michelangelo (1499)

15. “Blessed Ludovica Albertoni”, marble – Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1674)

16. The Monteverde Angel, marble – Giulio Monteverde (1882)

17. The Antikythera Ephebe, bronze – Unknown sculptor (c.330 BC)

18. “Terpsichore Lyran”, marble – Antonio Canova (c.1816)

19. “The Veiled Christ”, marble – Giuseppe Sanmartino (1753)

20. Lucius Verus sculpture at Chatsworth House, marble (19th century)

21. “St. Bartholomew Flayed”, marble – Marco d’Agrate (1562)

22. “The Release from Deception”, marble – Francesco Queirolo (1759)

23. “The Diana of Versailles”, marble – Unknown sculptor (c.1st – 2nd century AD)

24. “The Boxer at Rest”, bronze – Unknown sculptor (c.330 – 50 BC)

25. “The West Wind”, marble – Thomas Ridgeway Gould (1874)

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[Esther Amadi]

Artists of old were so talented! My God…

[Grace Afoo]

Number 2 is a masterpiece!

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