Plaster cast of Charioteer of Delphi (Version 5)
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- Mid 19th century-early 20th century
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Plaster cast of Charioteer of Delphi (Version 5)
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Plaster cast of Charioteer of Delphi (Version 6)
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Plaster cast of chimera in relief
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Chimera in relief, architectural fragment, probably part of larger scene or collection of panels due to lack of formal border. Annotated ""Chimere", "Hove" (or similar), and "PH-1"(in red).
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Plaster cast of chimera in relief (Version 1)
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Plaster cast of chimera in relief (Version 2)
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Plaster cast of chimera in relief (Version 3)
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Plaster cast of chimera in relief (Version 4)
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Plaster cast of chimera in relief (Version 5)
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Plaster cast of Crouching Discobolos
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This item was lost in the fire in The Mackintosh Building at The Glasgow School of Art on 15th June 2018.
Original: The Discobolus of Myron is a famous lost Greek bronze original that was completed towards the end of the Severe period, c460-450 BC. It is known through numerous Roman copies, both full-scale ones in marble, such as the first to be recovered, the Palombara Discobolus, or smaller scaled versions in bronze. Bought from Brucciani. Original currently in the collection of the British Museum, London, UK.
Plaster cast of Crouching Venus (Crouching Aphrodite)
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Original: Also known as: Venere nel bagno, Venere nella conchiglia. Likely to be a Roman adaptation of Doidalses' Crouching Aphrodite (a lost Greek original from the 3rd century BC). Original currently in the collection of the Louvre, Paris, France.
Plaster cast of Crouching Venus (Crouching Aphrodite) (Version 1)
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Plaster cast of Crouching Venus (Crouching Aphrodite) (Version 2)
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Plaster cast of decorated pilaster capital, possibly from Erechtheion
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Original: Phidias, 400 BC. Marble. Possibly from Erectheion, the temple dedicated to Athena on the Acropolis. Stylised forms of nature. Athens, Greece.
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Plaster cast of decorated pilaster capital, possibly from Erechtheion (Version 1)
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Plaster cast of decorated pilaster capital, possibly from Erechtheion (Version 2)
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Plaster cast of Dione and Aphrodite (From Hestia, Dione and Aphrodite)
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This item was lost in the fire in The Mackintosh Building at The Glasgow School of Art on 15th June 2018.
Original: Figures from the east pediment of the Parthenon depicting the birth of Athena. The Acropolis, Athens, Greece, about 438-432 BC. The two figures are thought to be Dione cradling her daughter Aphrodite; they are remarkable for their naturalistic rendering of anatomy blended with a harmonious representation of complex draperies. However, another suggestion is that the two figures on the right are the personification of the Sea (Thalassa) in the lap of the Earth (Gaia). Original currently in the collection of the British Museum, London, UK.
Plaster cast of Dione and Aphrodite (From Hestia, Dione and Aphrodite) (Version 1)
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Plaster cast of Dione and Aphrodite (From Hestia, Dione and Aphrodite) (Version 2)
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Plaster cast of Dione and Aphrodite (From Hestia, Dione and Aphrodite) (Version 3)
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Fragment of femal form, hips to shoulders. Hellenistic style.
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Plaster cast of fragment of stele
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Stele refers to an upright stone or slab with an inscribed or sculptured surface, used as a monument or as a commemorative tablet in the face of a building. Annotated with Greek text "EYTYXO HPINH NIRON".
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Plaster cast of fragment of stele (Version 1)
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Plaster cast of fragment of stele (Version 2)
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Plaster cast of fragment of stele (Version 3)
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Plaster cast of head of a horse from Selene's Chariot
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Original: Figure from east pediment of the Parthenon. Acropolis, Athens, 447-432 BC. Original currently in the collection of the British Museum, London, UK.
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Original: Hebe was the Greek goddess of youth and a cup-bearer for the gods. Original currently in the collection of the Uffizi, Florence, Italy.
Plaster cast of Hermes of Praxiteles (Hermes and the Infant Dionysus)
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Original: Greek sculpture of Hermes and the infant Dionysus discovered in 1877 in the ruins of the Temple of Hera at Olympia. It is traditionally attributed to Praxiteles and dated to the 4th century BC. 3/4 size sculpture. Original currently in the collection of the Archaeological Museum of Olympia, Greece.
Plaster cast of Laocoon and his Sons
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This item was lost in the fire in The Mackintosh Building at The Glasgow School of Art on 15th June 2018. All that remains is a fragment of a hand.
Original: This statue group was found in 1506 on the Esquiline Hill in Rome and immediately identified as the Laocoon described by Pliny the Elder as a masterpiece of the sculptors of Rhodes: Agesander, Athenodoros and Polydorus around 40-30 BC. It shows the Trojan priest Laocoon and his sons Antiphantes and Thymbraeus being strangled by sea serpents. In 1587 Giovanni Battista Armenini's treatise on painting and recommended all students to draw from the casts of the finest statues in Rome- 'the Laocoon, the Hercules, the Apollo, the Great Torso....' of the Belvedere. Listed in first catalogue as Greco-Roman and that the original is located in the Vatican. Original currently in the collection of the Vatican Museums, Rome, Italy.
This item was damaged in the fire in the Mackintosh Building on 23rd May 2014. It underwent conservation and consolidation work in 2016.
Plaster cast of Laocoon and his Sons (Version 1)
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Plaster cast of Laocoon and his Sons (Version 2)
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Plaster cast of Laocoon and his Sons (Version 3)
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Plaster cast of Laocoon and his Sons (Version 4)
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Plaster cast of Laocoon and his Sons (Version 5)
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Venus with missing arm, supported by dolphin and cherub. Original: Roman copy of Greek statue c2 BC, of Hellenistic style. Listed in the first catalogue of casts as Greek, located in the 'Florence Gallery' and was purchased from D. Brucciani.
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Plaster cast of Medici Venus (Version 1)
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Plaster cast of Medici Venus (Version 2)
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Original: Greco-Roman attribution, shows Mercury God of merchandise and merchants, commonly identified with the Greek Hermes, fleet-footed messenger of the gods.
This item was damaged in the fire in the Mackintosh Building on 23rd May 2014. It underwent conservation and consolidation work in 2016.
Plaster cast of Mercury (Version 1)
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Plaster cast of Mercury (Version 2)
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Plaster cast of Mercury (Version 3)
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Plaster cast of Mercury (Version 4)
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Plaster cast of miniature copy of the Parthenon Panathenaic frieze on framed panel
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Original: Possibly a cast of a copy after John Hennings miniature carvings of the frieze using the Parthenon Marbles and sketches made prior to the acropolis explosion.
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Plaster cast of Nike of Samothrace (Winged Victory)
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This item was lost in the fire in The Mackintosh Building at The Glasgow School of Art on 15th June 2018.
Original: A second century BC marble sculpture of the Greek goddess Nike (Victory). Discovered in 1863, on the island of Samothrace. Thought to be by a discple of Lysippus or by pupils of Scopas. It was created to not only honor the goddess, Nike, but to honor a sea battle. Original currently in the collection of the Louvre, Paris, France.
Plaster cast of Nike of Samothrace (Winged Victory) (Version 1)
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Plaster cast of Nike of Samothrace (Winged Victory) (Version 2)
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Plaster cast of Nike of Samothrace (Winged Victory) (Version 3)
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Plaster cast of Nike of Samothrace (Winged Victory) (Version 4)
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Plaster cast of Parthenon Frieze
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Original: Designed by Pheidias, 447-432BC. It is generally agreed that the frieze depicts (in narrative form) the Greater Panathenaic procession from the Leokoreion by the Dipylon gate to the Acropolis, was mooted by Stuart and Revett in the second volume of their Antiquities of Athens, 1787.
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Plaster cast of Parthenon Frieze
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Original: Designed by Pheidias, 447-432BC. It is generally agreed that the frieze depicts (in narrative form) the Greater Panathenaic procession from the Leokoreion by the Dipylon gate to the Acropolis, was mooted by Stuart and Revett in the second volume of their Antiquities of Athens, 1787.
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Plaster cast of Parthenon Frieze
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Original: Designed by Pheidias, 447-432BC. It is generally agreed that the frieze depicts (in narrative form) the Greater Panathenaic procession from the Leokoreion by the Dipylon gate to the Acropolis, was mooted by Stuart and Revett in the second volume of their Antiquities of Athens, 1787.
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