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Plaster cast of large leaf

  • PC/197
  • Item
  • Mid 19th century-early 20th century

    • Part of Plaster Casts

Leaf, probably decorative architectural. Bears illegible maker's stamp, possibly that of Commission Royale Belge Atelier du Moulage, Bruxelles. Annotated "6A" on reverse.

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Plaster cast of decorative relief panel with classical figures from lid of chest

  • PC/083
  • Item
  • Mid 19th century-early 20th century

    • Part of Plaster Casts

Decorative panel showing classical figures; female figures surround the central panel of a male holding some sort of tool. Lower panel shows a central female figure flanked by two contorted males. Original: Michelangelo. Currently in the collection of The National Museum of Bargello, Florence, Italy.

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Plaster cast of bucrania

  • PC/180
  • Item
  • Mid 19th century-early 20th century

    • Part of Plaster Casts

Bucrania thought to be from the Temple of Vesta. The Temple of Vesta is an ancient edifice in Rome, Italy, located in the Roman Forum near the Regia and the House of the Vestal Virgins. Listed in first catalogue of casts as Roman and purchased from D. Brucciani.

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Plaster Casts

  • PC
  • Collection
  • 19th century-20th century

Collection of plaster casts comprising human figures, architectural fragments, plaster friezes, plaster reliefs, marble reliefs, tondos and busts.

Casts were used as an important teaching aid by the School, from the late 19th century onwards. The casts are generally based on classical statuary and were originally sourced from Greek, Roman and later Italian and medieval periods. Whilst not totally unique (most art schools in the UK and across Europe owned their own collections, purchased from established suppliers in London, Paris etc.), their continued existence within their original setting gives them an added significance. Importantly, the Glasgow School of Art's photographic archive contains many period images of how these casts have been used by staff and students since they were first introduced.

The majority of GSA's plaster cast collection was located in the School's Mackintosh Building at the time of a fire in the building on 23rd May 2014. As a result the majority of the collection suffered damage, of varying degrees, and all casts were subsequently surveyed by a conservator. Six casts were lost in the fire and eleven larger casts have undergone remedial conservation in 2016-17. The majority of the remaining casts have undergone cleaning before being repositioned around GSA's campus during 2019.

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Plaster cast of tiger head

  • PC/175
  • Item
  • Mid 19th century-early 20th century

    • Part of Plaster Casts

Original: c150AD. Marble. Temple of Antoninus and Faustina, Rome, Italy.

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Plaster cast of panther catching a rabbit

Plaster cast of panther catching a rabbit

  • PC/189
  • Item
  • Mid 19th century-early 20th century

    • Part of Plaster Casts

Sculpture of panther holding a captured rabbit in its jaws. This is after an original sculpture c.1850 by Antoine-Louis Barye.

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Plaster cast of Medici Venus

  • PC/196
  • Item
  • Mid 19th century-early 20th century

    • Part of Plaster Casts

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 stele

  • PC/204
  • Item
  • Mid 19th century-early 20th century

    • Part of Plaster Casts

Stele in two parts; one with point and ornamented with fluting, the second with two flowers carved in relief. Original: The Temple of Thesius, Athens, Greece. Annotated with illegible lettering.

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Plaster cast of remembrance panel

Plaster cast of remembrance panel

  • PC/208
  • Item
  • Mid 19th century-early 20th century

    • Part of Plaster Casts

Panel with commemorations flanked by man and woman with cherubs and surrounded by decorative ornamentation.

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Plaster cast of pilaster

  • PC/101B
  • Item
  • Mid 19th century-early 20th century

    • Part of Plaster Casts

Plaster cast of pilaster, part of a set with decorated capital

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Plaster cast of Parthenon Frieze

Plaster cast of Parthenon Frieze

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

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

Plaster cast of Parthenon Frieze

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 Sarcophagus of Giustina

  • PC/036C
  • Item
  • Mid 19th century-early 20th century

    • Part of Plaster Casts

Original: Attributed to Gregorio di Allegretto, 1476. Marble. Church of Santa Giustina, Padua, Italy. On the front of the sarcophagus the body of the saint is carved in relief, lying on a bier and covered with a cloth. At the ends are reliefs of angels swinging censers.

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Plaster cast of Cantorie Panels

  • PC/050B
  • Item
  • Mid 19th century-early 20th century

    • Part of Plaster Casts

Original: Lucca della Robbia (1400-1482). Part of the two 'Cantorie' made for Florence Cathedral. Original currently in the collection of the Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Florence, Italy.

This item was damaged in the fire in the Mackintosh Building on 23rd May 2014. It underwent conservation and consolidation work in 2016.

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Plaster cast of Cantorie Panels

  • PC/050F
  • Item
  • Mid 19th century-early 20th century

    • Part of Plaster Casts

Original: Lucca della Robbia (1400-1482). Part of the two 'Cantorie' made for Florence Cathedral. Original currently in the collection of the Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Florence, Italy.

This item was damaged in the fire in the Mackintosh Building on 23rd May 2014. It underwent conservation and consolidation work in 2016.

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Plaster cast of Mater Dolorosa

  • PC/052
  • Item
  • Mid 19th century-early 20th century

    • Part of Plaster Casts

Mater Dolorosa (Latin) refers to the Virgin Mary in relation to the sorrows in her life.

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Plaster cast of Archer of the Royal Guard

Plaster cast of Archer of the Royal Guard

  • PC/055
  • Item
  • Mid 19th century-early 20th century

    • Part of Plaster Casts

Brickwork sculpture of Persian Royal bodyguard carrying quiver on back. Original: Persian glazed frieze from the Palace of Darius I in Susa, 521-486 BC. Original currently in the collection of the Pergamon Museum, Berlin, Germany.

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