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Battle with a Camel Rider, Assyrian, 728 BC, Kalhu (Nimrud), Central Palace, reign of Tiglath-pileser III, gypsum. British Museum, London, 1849,1222.11, 1849. Image © The Trustees of the British Museum. All rights reserved
Exhibition
Assyria: Palace Art of Ancient Iraq
2 Oct 2019 – 5 Sep 2022
Regular hours
- Wednesday
- 10:00 – 17:00
- Thursday
- 10:00 – 17:00
- Friday
- 10:00 – 17:00
- Saturday
- 10:00 – 17:00
- Sunday
- 10:00 – 17:00
- Monday
- 10:00 – 17:00
Address
- 17985 Pacific Coast Highway
- Pacific Palisades
- Los Angeles
California - 90272
- United States
About
Assyrian kings in the ninth to seventh centuries BC decorated their palaces with masterful relief sculptures that represent a high point of Mesopotamian art, both for their artistic quality and sophistication and for their vivid depictions of warfare, rituals, mythology, hunting, and other aspects of Assyrian court life. The importance of these ancient treasures has only increased with the recent destruction, by ISIS, of many of the reliefs that remained in Iraq.
The masterworks in this exhibition are on special loan from the British Museum, London.
