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The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Limestone statue of a sphinx

Limestone statue of a sphinx, ca. 550–525 BCE

Limestone statue of a sphinx

ca. 550–525 BCE · Stone Sculpture

May one see it?

Yes, receiving visitors

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

New York, United States

Room153

On public display.

Checked: 9 days ago
In this state since: Sep 27, 2026
Source: The museum

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Accession number: 43.11.6

In the same room · Gallery 153, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

On the same theme · Sphinx

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Sculpture Stone Before 1400 Greek, Attic

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Image: The Metropolitan Museum of Art — Open Access (CC0)

Fragments of a marble statue of the Diadoumenos (youth tying a fillet around his head), Polykleitos, ca. 69–96 CE

Polykleitos

Fragments of a marble statue of the Diadoumenos (youth tying a fillet around his head), ca. 69–96 CE

Marble head of a youth, Polykleitos, ca. 41–54 CE

Polykleitos

Marble head of a youth, ca. 41–54 CE

Marble relief with a dancing maenad, Kallimachos, ca. 27 BCE–14 CE

Kallimachos

Marble relief with a dancing maenad, ca. 27 BCE–14 CE

Marble statue of Aphrodite, the so-called Venus Genetrix, Kallimachos, 1st–2nd century CE

Kallimachos

Marble statue of Aphrodite, the so-called Venus Genetrix, 1st–2nd century CE

Marble statue of a wounded Amazon, 1st–2nd century CE

Marble statue of a wounded Amazon, 1st–2nd century CE

Marble head of an athlete, ca. 138–192 CE

Marble head of an athlete, ca. 138–192 CE

Marble statue of a wounded warrior, ca. 138–181 CE

Marble statue of a wounded warrior, ca. 138–181 CE

Ten marble fragments of the Great Eleusinian Relief, ca. 27 BCE–14 CE

Ten marble fragments of the Great Eleusinian Relief, ca. 27 BCE–14 CE

Oedipus and the Sphinx, Gustave Moreau, 1864

Gustave Moreau

Oedipus and the Sphinx, 1864

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Architekturphantasie mit Ruinen und einer großen Ziervase, aus den "Disegni di Prospettiva Ideale", Bl. 22, Filippo Juvarra, 1732

Filippo Juvarra

Architekturphantasie mit Ruinen und einer großen Ziervase, aus den "Disegni di Prospettiva Ideale", Bl. 22, 1732

Kupferstich-Kabinett Dresden

Architekturphantasie mit Freitreppe und Sphingen, aus den "Disegni di Prospettiva Ideale", Bl. 40, Filippo Juvarra, 1732

Filippo Juvarra

Architekturphantasie mit Freitreppe und Sphingen, aus den "Disegni di Prospettiva Ideale", Bl. 40, 1732

Kupferstich-Kabinett Dresden

The Angel of Death and the Sculptor from the Milmore Memorial, Daniel Chester French, 1889–93, carved 1921–26

Daniel Chester French

The Angel of Death and the Sculptor from the Milmore Memorial, 1889–93, carved 1921–26

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

[Ornament mit zwei Sphingen und Engel; Ornament with two sphinxes and a winged man], Lucas van Leyden, 1528

Lucas van Leyden

[Ornament mit zwei Sphingen und Engel; Ornament with two sphinxes and a winged man], 1528

Herzog Anton Ulrich Museum

Untitled, Karel Teige, 1939

Karel Teige

Untitled, 1939

Not on view · National Gallery of Art

The Sphinx, Alvin Langdon Coburn, c. 1905

Alvin Langdon Coburn

The Sphinx, c. 1905

Not on view · National Gallery of Art

[Titelblatt; Title Page], Jan Fyt, 1642

Jan Fyt

[Titelblatt; Title Page], 1642

Herzog Anton Ulrich Museum