Welcome to the Tracking Colour objects database. It contains information on sculptures known to have traces of ancient polychromy.
All objects 168 objects
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Left half of a panel painting rendering Nemesis and Harpocrates
- ÆIN 685
- Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek
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The panel shown here depicts two well-preserved boards that are approximately the same width, with a motif representing a half-length representation in the upper-left corner, and shows an adolescent young man or boy i...
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Fragment of a panel painting rendering female bust(s), winged griffin, and two minor deities.
- ÆIN 711
- Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek
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The fragment described here is the left part of a panel painting. Two adjoining boards of different widths are preserved, and assembled vertically. In the top register of the panel, human figures can be seen that are ...
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Fragment from the Palace of Apries
- ÆIN 1056
- Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek
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Fragmented relief with two rows of stars.
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Etruscan terracotta urn
- HIN 65
- Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek
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The urn has again the same relief motif of Eteocles and Polyneikes, cast from a very worn mould, but in the original large format. On the top right edge a circle has been engraved prior to firing; this is the letter t...
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Palmyrene loculus relief depicting a man and a woman
- IN 1153
- Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek
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A man and a woman are depicted side by side on a grave relief. Small fragments are missing from the edge of the object. A falsified inscription with traces of a dark pigment is placed in between the heads of the two i...
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Woman from a Palmyrene sarcophagus
- IN 1150
- Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek
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The woman depicted was probably a part of a large sarcophagus, now detached by the waist. The surface of the portrait is slightly weathered and fragments are missing from her coiffure and the bracelet on her left arm....
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Palmyrene loculus stele depicting a standing boy, Nûrbêl
- IN 1147
- Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek
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A boy is represented on a grave stele from Palmyra, Syria. he object is well-preserved, only with small fragments missing from the frame. A four-lined inscription, with traces of red pigment, is indicated in the upper...
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Palmyrene loculus relief depicting a man
- IN 1146
- Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek
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A man, Yedîʽbêl, is depicted on a grave relief. The background is slightly weathered and a fragment of the upper right corner is missing. The portrait itself is well-preserved, only with a slightly weathered surface. ...