March 4, 2015

Artworks Damaged/Destroyed by Islamic Totalitarians: Various Works from the Mosul Museum

Location: Mosul Museum, Mosul, Iraq

Here are a variety of works recently damaged or destroyed by the Islamic State in Mosul, Iraq.  I am trying to find "before and after" images of the same works, but this is difficult as many of these works look similar and the Mosul Museum does not appear to have a website.  If you can offer help in this regard, please feel free to do so in the comments.  Additionally, many of these works have been damaged over the centuries, so I can't assume every imperfection was caused by ISIS.

Works Destroyed/Damaged by ISIS:



I could be wrong, but the sculpture above appears to be made of painted plaster, which would indicate that it is a copy.

This was definitely not made of plaster.
Before: 
After:
I am not entirely sure if this image is the same piece as the image above.
 
Before:
After: 

 

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