Collection: Roman Rosettes

Beautiful Roman Rosette antique prints.

The rosette design often appears in sculptural objects from antiquity like Mesopotamian statuary and Ancient Greek funeral stelae. The rosette was an important symbol of Ishtar, the Mesopotamian mother goddess.

The design features prominently in Romanesque and Renaissance architecture and also became common in the art of Central Asia, spreading as far as India where it appears as a decorative motif in Greco-Buddhist art.