Glasgow School of Art: Archives & Collections

Plaster cast of tondo portrait of Andrea Mantegna

PC/066
Item
Mid 19th century-early 20th century

Original: Gian Marco Cavalli, c1490. Marble and bronze. Original currently in the Mantegna Chapel, Basilica di Sant’Andrea, Mantua, Italy. Bears a "Musée de Sculpture Comparée du Trocadero, Paris, 1910 " maker's stamp.

Musée de Sculpture Comparée du Trocadero, Paris

Plaster cast of top capital with foliate ornament

PC/092
Item
Mid 19th century-early 20th century

Part of Plaster Casts

Capital decorated with stylized leaves with portion of pilaster.

*Not available / given

Plaster cast of top part of heraldic shield, with helm, crest and mantling

PC/116
Item
Mid 19th century-early 20th century

Part of Plaster Casts

*Not available / given

Plaster cast of top part of stele with antefixa ornament and Greek inscription

PC/108
Item
Mid 19th century-early 20th century

Part of Plaster Casts

With stylised leaves and Greek lettering. Bears illegible maker's stamp. Annotated with faint, illegible Greek lettering.

*Not available / given

Plaster cast of trophy with musical instruments

PC/164
Item
Mid 19th century-early 20th century

Part of Plaster Casts

Bears "Musée de Sculpture Comparée du Trocadero, Paris" maker's stamp. Annotated "976" and other illegible numbers.

Musée de Sculpture Comparée du Trocadero, Paris

Plaster cast of two-handled urn decorated with classical figures

PC/160
Item
Mid 19th century-early 20th century

Part of Plaster Casts

*Not available / given

Plaster cast of upper section of pointed arch

PC/130
Item
Mid 19th century-early 20th century

Part of Plaster Casts

Bears "Musée de Sculpture Comparée du Trocadero, Paris" maker's mark.

Musée de Sculpture Comparée du Trocadero, Paris

Plaster cast of Venus de Milo (Aphrodite of Milos)

PC/023B
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 15th June 2018.

Original: Created at some time between 130 and 100 BC, to revive pre-hellenistic ideas. It is believed to depict Aphrodite (Venus to the Romans) the Greek goddess of love and beauty. Original excavated in 1820 on the Island of Melos. Original currently in the collection of the Louvre, Paris, France.

Plaster cast of Venus de Milo (Aphrodite of Milos)

PC/023C
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.

Original: Created at some time between 130 and 100 BC, to revive pre-hellenistic ideas. It is believed to depict Aphrodite (Venus to the Romans) the Greek goddess of love and beauty. Original excavated in 1820 on the Island of Melos. Original currently in the collection of the Louvre, Paris, France.

Plaster cast of Venus de Milo (Aphrodite of Milos)

PC/023A
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 15th June 2018.

Original: Created at some time between 130 and 100 BC, to revive pre-hellenistic ideas. It is believed to depict Aphrodite (Venus to the Romans) the Greek goddess of love and beauty. Original excavated in 1820 on the Island of Melos. Original currently in the collection of the Louvre, Paris, France.

Plaster cast of Virgin adoring the Child, with God the Father and angels

PC/048
Item
Mid 19th century-early 20th century

Part of Plaster Casts

Original: Andrea della Robbia, c1479. Glazed terracotta. A variant of the Brizi Adoration relief at La Verna, Italy. Currently in the collection of the Courtauld Institute of Art, London, UK. Annotated: "2168".

*Not available / given

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.

*Not available / given

Plaster cast of Virgin and Child roundel

PC/049B
Item
Mid 19th century-early 20th century

Part of Plaster Casts

Original: Andrea della Robbia (1435-1525), c1470. Glazed terracotta in a carved and gilt wood frame. Virgin and Child with two cherub heads. Circular relief originally in blue and white enameled terracotta. The Virgin holds the Child standing on her right. She is represented half-length turned slightly to the left, supporting the Child in a standing posture beside her. He holds the end of her veil in his right hand. The eyes are painted in brown and black. Original currently in the collection of The National Museum of Bargello, Florence, Italy. Bears "Commission Royale Belge Atelier du Moulage, Bruxelles" maker's mark.

Commission Royale Belge Atelier du Moulage Bruxelles

Plaster cast of Virgin and Child roundel

PC/049C
Item
Mid 19th century-early 20th century

Part of Plaster Casts

Original: Andrea della Robbia (1435-1525), c1470. Glazed terracotta in a carved and gilt wood frame. Virgin and Child with two cherub heads. Circular relief originally in blue and white enameled terracotta. The Virgin holds the Child standing on her right. She is represented half-length turned slightly to the left, supporting the Child in a standing posture beside her. He holds the end of her veil in his right hand. The eyes are painted in brown and black. Original currently in the collection of The National Museum of Bargello, Florence, Italy. Annotated "D Brucciani & Co" and "324".

D Brucciani & Co

Plaster cast of Virgin and Child roundel

PC/049A
Item
Mid 19th century-early 20th century

Part of Plaster Casts

Original: Andrea della Robbia (1435-1525), c1470. Glazed terracotta in a carved and gilt wood frame. Virgin and Child with two cherub heads. Circular relief originally in blue and white enameled terracotta. The Virgin holds the Child standing on her right. She is represented half-length turned slightly to the left, supporting the Child in a standing posture beside her. He holds the end of her veil in his right hand. The eyes are painted in brown and black. Original currently in the collection of The National Museum of Bargello, Florence, Italy. Bears "D Brucciani & Co" maker's stamp. Annotated: "324".

D Brucciani & Co

Plaster cast of votive relief of Dionysus and Icarius

PC/070
Item
Mid 19th century-early 20th century

Part of Plaster Casts

In relief. Original: c100AD. Marble. Currently in the National Museum, Naples, Italy.

*Not available / given

Plaster cast of water nymph from the Fontaine des Innocents

PC/216B
Item
Mid 19th century-early 20th century

Part of Plaster Casts

Carved in relief, female figure in draped clothes. Figure is leaning on a sythe with a jug pouring out water at her feet. Original: Jean Goujon, c1550. Marble. Paris, France.

*Not available / given

Plaster cast of water nymph from the Fontaine des Innocents

PC/216C
Item
Mid 19th century-early 20th century

Part of Plaster Casts

Carved in relief, female figure in draped clothes. Figure is holding the jug and pouring out water (front view). Original: Jean Goujon, c1550. Marble. Paris, France.

*Not available / given

Plaster cast of water nymph from the Fontaine des Innocents

PC/216D
Item
Mid 19th century-early 20th century

Part of Plaster Casts

Carved in relief, female figure in draped clothes. Figure is holding the jug and pouring out water (back view). Original: Jean Goujon, c1550. Marble. Paris, France.

*Not available / given

Plaster cast of water nymph from the Fontaine des Innocents

PC/216A
Item
Mid 19th century-early 20th century

Part of Plaster Casts

Carved in relief, female figure in draped clothes. Figure is carrying an object. Original: Jean Goujon, c1550. Marble. Paris, France.

*Not available / given

Plaster cast of wooden carved decorated panel with foliage and two Satyr-like figures

PC/131
Item
Mid 19th century-early 20th century

Part of Plaster Casts

Panel showing scrolling foliage with two central figures turned toward each other in relief.

*Not available / given

Plaster casts of double capital with stylised ornamentation

PC/140
Item
Mid 19th century-early 20th century

Part of Plaster Casts

*Not available / given

Portrait of Dante

GST/7
Item
Late 19th century-mid 20th century

Part of The Giusti Plaster Cast Collection

Plaster portrait after a 15th century bronze bust of Dante Alighieri in the Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Naples.

J Giusti & Co

Portrait of Voltaire

GST/6
Item
Early 20th century-mid 20th century

Part of The Giusti Plaster Cast Collection

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

Printed page of photographs featuring female students

DC 078/2
Item
1934

Part of Student work by Jeanne (Jane) Wilson

Printed page featuring three scanned black and white photographs. Top left depicts five women, likely GSA students, posed and smiling on a set of stairs; top right depicts two women wearing artists smocks stood next to a plaster bust; bottom right depicts fifteen women, likely students, and one man, likely their teacher, posed on the same stairs. The page is captioned ‘Diploma June 12th 1934 in Design & Decorative Art GSC’.

Wilson, Jeanne

Right ear of David