Unidentified female portrait (Version 2)
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- Late 19th century-mid 20th century
J Giusti & Co
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Unidentified female portrait (Version 2)
J Giusti & Co
Unidentified female portrait (Version 1)
J Giusti & Co
Plaster portrait of an unidentified woman.
J Giusti & Co
Unidentified female death mask (Version 2)
Charles Smith & Sons
Unidentified female death mask (Version 1)
Charles Smith & Sons
Unidentified female death mask
Plaster copy of a death mask of an unknown woman.
Charles Smith & Sons
The Giusti Plaster Cast Collection
Collection of items related to the Glasgow based firm J. Giusti & Co. which specialized in the production of plaster figures, mould making, statuary repair, and other plaster work. The collection is primarily composed of plaster busts and portraits, six moulds, and two medals. The casts and moulds are formed after a range of sculptural styles including ancient Greek and Roman, French Gothic, Italian Renaissance, and 19th century anatomical studies.
The Giusti Plaster Cast Collection highlights mould making and casting processes that were used to produce objects for retail and to repair existing plaster casts. Records from The Glasgow School of Art document purchases and repairs from J. Giusti & Co. from as early as 1890, and casts related to those in the collection were widely used as teaching and learning tools at the GSA through at least mid-20th century.
As most of the items in the collection were used in commercial casting processes, very few items have a plain white, white washed, or decoratively painted surface that are often observed in plaster cast collections. Many of the plaster casts and all of the plaster moulds are widely covered with uneven layers of shellac that appear yellow, red, or brown. Shellac was applied as a sealant and resist agent to prevent existing plaster elements from sticking to fresh plaster elements during the casting process.
In addition to the plaster casts and plaster moulds, several items provide further insights into the material processes employed by J. Giusti & Co. Two medals (likely bronze) showcase the company's involvement with mould making for metal casting, and a gelatine mould is a surviving example of a traditional process used to produce detailed casts in small quantities.
Proudfoot, Alexander
J Giusti & Co
J Giusti & Co
J Giusti & Co
Small bust after 'Young Octavian' (Version 2)
J Giusti & Co
Small bust after 'Young Octavian' (Version 1)
J Giusti & Co
Small bust after 'Young Octavian'
Small plaster bust, likely after the 'Young Octavian' portrait of the emperor Augustus in the Vatican Museums.
J Giusti & Co
Sainte Fortunade reliquary bust (Version 2)
J Giusti & Co
Sainte Fortunade reliquary bust (Version 1)
J Giusti & Co
Sainte Fortunade reliquary bust
Plaster reproduction of reliquary bust from the church of Saint Martial in Correze, France.
J Giusti & Co
Portrait of Voltaire (Version 2)
*Not available / given
Portrait of Voltaire (Version 1)
*Not available / given
Plaster bust after one of several "seated Voltaire" sculptures completed by the workshop of Jean Antoine Houdon in the late 18th century.
*Not available / given
J Giusti & Co
J Giusti & Co
Plaster portrait after a 15th century bronze bust of Dante Alighieri in the Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Naples.
J Giusti & Co
Mould of 'Young Octavian' (Version 2)
J Giusti & Co
Mould of 'Young Octavian' (Version 1)
J Giusti & Co
Plaster mould, likely after the 'Young Octavian' portrait of emperor Augustus in the Vatican Museums.
J Giusti & Co
Mould of unidentfied female bust
Plaster mould of an unidentified female bust.
J Giusti & Co
J Giusti & Co
J Giusti & Co
J Giusti & Co
J Giusti & Co
Plaster portrait after a Greek bust.
J Giusti & Co
Gelatine mould of Greek portrait
Mould made of gelatine used to produce plaster copies of a Greek portrait.
J Giusti & Co
Bust of young man in armour (Version 2)
J Giusti & Co
Bust of young man in armour (Version 1)
J Giusti & Co
Plaster bust of a young man in armour after a terracotta original from the 15th century sculpted by Antonio Pollaiuolo and held in the Bargello Museum, Florence.
J Giusti & Co
Plaster bust of a shepherd.
J Giusti & Co
Plaster bust after an original by Mino da Fiesole.
D Brucciani & Co
Bust of Niccolo da Uzzano (Version 2)
D Brucciani & Co
Bust of Niccolo da Uzzano (Version 1)
D Brucciani & Co
Plaster bust after a terracotta bust of Niccolo da Abruzzo in the Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence, believed to be by Donatello.
D Brucciani & Co
J Giusti & Co
J Giusti & Co
Plaster reproduction of an unidentified bust of an infant.
J Giusti & Co