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Plaster cast of angel

Plaster cast of angel

  • PC/201
  • Item
  • Mid 19th century-early 20th century

    • Part of Plaster Casts

This item was lost in the fire in The Mackintosh Building at The Glasgow School of Art on 23rd May 2014. Small statue of angel, original wings lost.

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Collection of cast reliefs

Collection of brown stained round plaster cast reliefs. Mostly depicting portrait busts. Kept in eight shallow wooden drawers. Themes include: religious figures, military figures, ancient Greek and Roman figures, royalty, various historical figures, and commemorative scenes. Some include stamped titles on front, some scratched on back, some without any identification. Also includes paper timeline of ancient Roman rulers.

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Portrait of Voltaire

Plaster bust after one of several "seated Voltaire" sculptures completed by the workshop of Jean Antoine Houdon in the late 18th century.

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Framed plaster portrait

Wooden framed plaster relief portrait of a bearded man in profile with brown glaze. Bottom left corner has initials "J.R." or "R.J" and indecipherable signature above left shoulder. This item was damaged in the fire in GSA's Mackintosh Building on 23rd May 2014 and was conserved in 2018.

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Plaster cast of Bishop

Plaster cast of Bishop

  • PC/057
  • Item
  • Mid 19th century-early 20th century

    • Part of Plaster Casts

Plaster cast Archbishop holding Staff, gothic style.

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Plaster cast of Aristotle

Plaster cast of Aristotle

  • PC/200
  • Item
  • Mid 19th century-early 20th century

    • Part of Plaster Casts

Original: Roman copy (2nd century bc) of a Greek original (c325 bc); currently in the collection of the Museo Nazionale Romano, Rome.

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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 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 Virgin and Child

  • PC/047
  • Item
  • Mid 19th century-early 20th century

    • Part of Plaster Casts

Original: Andrea della Robbia, c1487. Blue and white tin-glazed terracotta. Florence, Italy. The original relief is believed to have been commissioned by Gabriele di Cambio de' Medici, whose marriage to Lucrezia di Alessandro Rondinelli took place in 1487-88. The style of the relief is related to that of Andrea del Verroccio.

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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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Plaster cast of angel figure

Plaster cast of angel figure

  • PC/061
  • Item
  • Mid 19th century-early 20th century

    • Part of Plaster Casts

Angel figure in relief with mask at base. Possibly architectural fragment.

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Plaster cast of chimera in relief

  • PC/209
  • Item
  • Mid 19th century-early 20th century

    • Part of Plaster Casts

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 cherub with horns

  • PC/212
  • Item
  • Mid 19th century-early 20th century

    • Part of Plaster Casts

Cast in dark brown. Head of cherub holding onto two horns, between two carved snakes and fruit.

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