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| Marco da Ravenna Relief of a Nude Man pursuing a Naiad and an Aquatic Cupid into the Water ca. 1510-27 engraving British Museum |
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| Marco da Ravenna Relief of a Satyr with a Sleeping Nymph ca. 1510-27 engraving British Museum |
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| Marco da Ravenna Relief of a Satyr Butting Heads with a Ram ca. 1510-27 engraving British Museum |
Reliefs copied from sarcophagus panels "tended to depict more generalized or mythological subjects," while the more topical ones from "the great storiated columns, and even those on the damaged triumphal arches" were not readily visible from the ground and tended to be "scattered and fragmented." These were abundantly reproduced and/or invented during the 16th century, providing "details of sacrificial ceremonies, military uniforms, triumphal processions and other matters of the very greatest fascination to artists and antiquarians." The most famous antique statues would be reproduced by name, but hundreds of obscure ones also appeared in prints, challenging later scholars to distinguish between actual depictions and depicted fantasies.
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| Marco da Ravenna Relief of the Emperor Trajan with Dacian Captives ca. 1518-25 engraving British Museum |
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| Monogrammist IB Marcus Curtius Flinging Himself into the Chasm 1529 engraving British Museum |
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| Georges Reverdy Marcus Curtius Flinging Himself into the Chasm ca. 1529-65 engraving British Museum |
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| Niccolo Vicentiino after Il Pordenone Marcus Curtius Flinging Himself into the Chasm 1530 chiaroscuro woodcut British Museum |
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| Marco da Ravenna Ancient statue of a young man ca. 1510-27 engraving British Museum |
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| Marco da Ravenna Statue of Faun with Tiger in Niche ca. 1510-27 engraving British Museum |
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| Marco da Ravenna Relief with Putti around the Throne of Neptune 1519 engraving British Museum |
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| Agostino Veneziano Nymph with Basket before a Herm of Pan ca. 1510-27 engraving British Museum |
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| Agostino Veneziano Relief of Dancing Fauns and Bacchante 1516 engraving British Museum |
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| Agostino Veneziano Frieze with Eros and Siren 1530 engraving British Museum |
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| Agostino Veneziano Acanthus Scroll ca. 1530-35 engraving British Museum |
Quotations are from Taste and the Antique by Francis Haskell and Nicholas Penny (Yale University Press, 1981)