Glasgow School of Art: Archives & Collections

Plaster cast of base of column cluster with human mask (Version 2)

PC/202/v2
Part
Mid 19th century-early 20th century

Part of Plaster Casts

Plaster cast of base of roman altar

PC/174
Item
Mid 19th century-early 20th century

Part of Plaster Casts

*Not available / given

Plaster cast of Berlin Adorante

PC/020
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: Also know as 'Youth Supplian' or 'Praying Boy'.

Plaster cast of Bishop

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

Part of Plaster Casts

Plaster cast Archbishop holding Staff, gothic style.

*Not available / given

Plaster cast of blind window

PC/170
Item
Mid 19th century-early 20th century

Part of Plaster Casts

*Not available / given

Plaster cast of border panel with foliage

PC/183
Item
Mid 19th century-early 20th century

Part of Plaster Casts

*Not available / given

Plaster cast of border panel with foliage (Version 1)

PC/183/v1
Part
Mid 19th century-early 20th century

Part of Plaster Casts

Plaster cast of border panel with foliage (Version 2)

PC/183/v2
Part
Mid 19th century-early 20th century

Part of Plaster Casts

Plaster cast of Borghese Warrior

PC/026A
Item
19th century

Part of Plaster Casts

Original: Also known as: Discobolus, Fighting Gladiator, Hector, Heros Combattant, Borghese Gladiator. Particularly admired for its truthful rendering of anatomy. A Hellenistic sculpture actually portraying a swordsman, created at Ephesus about 100 BCE. Listed in first catalogue of casts as Greek, in the Louvre and was bought from Brucciani. Original currently in the collection of the Louvre, Paris, France.
Photographed in GSA in 1915.

Plaster cast of Borghese Warrior

PC/026B
Item
19th 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: Also known as: Discobolus, Fighting Gladiator, Hector, Heros Combattant, Borghese Gladiator. Particularly admired for its truthful rendering of anatomy. A Hellenistic sculpture actually portraying a swordsman, created at Ephesus about 100 BCE. Listed in first catalogue of casts as Greek, in the Louvre and was bought from Brucciani. Original currently in the collection of the Louvre, Paris, France.

Plaster cast of Borghese Warrior (Version 1)

PC/026A/v1
Part
19th century

Part of Plaster Casts

Plaster cast of Borghese Warrior (Version 2)

PC/026A/v2
Part
19th century

Part of Plaster Casts

Plaster cast of Borghese Warrior (Version 3)

PC/026A/v3
Part
19th century

Part of Plaster Casts

Plaster cast of Boy of Subiaco

PC/021
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: From the group of Niobe and her children at the Galleria Uffizi, Florence, Italy, originally found in Rome in 1583. Niobe boasted about her 14 children (the Niobids) to Leto, mother to only Artemis and Apollo. Leto demanded her children take revenge upon Niobe's hubris. Using arrows, Artemis killed Niobe's daughters and Apollo killed Niobe's sons. This cast shows one son cowering from the onslaught.

Plaster cast of Boy of Subiaco (Version 1)

PC/021/v1
Part
Mid 19th century-early 20th century

Part of Plaster Casts

Plaster cast of Boy of Subiaco (Version 2)

PC/021/v2
Part
Mid 19th century-early 20th century

Part of Plaster Casts

Plaster cast of Boy of Subiaco (Version 3)

PC/021/v3
Part
Mid 19th century-early 20th century

Part of Plaster Casts

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.

*Not available / given

Plaster cast of bust wearing turban

PC/203
Item
Mid 19th century-early 20th century

Part of Plaster Casts

Bust of man wearing turban with elaborate necklace.

*Not available / given

Plaster cast of Canephora (Kanephoros)

PC/007
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: Canephora was an honorific office given to unmarried young women in ancient Greece which involved the privilege of leading the procession to sacrifice at festivals.Translated as: "Basket Bearer". Original currently in the collection of the British Museum, London, UK.

Plaster cast of Canephora (Kanephoros) (Version 1)

PC/007/v1
Part
Mid 19th century-early 20th century

Part of Plaster Casts

Plaster cast of Canephora (Kanephoros) (Version 2)

PC/007/v2
Part
Mid 19th century-early 20th century

Part of Plaster Casts

Plaster cast of Canephora (Kanephoros) (Version 3)

PC/007/v3
Part
Mid 19th century-early 20th century

Part of Plaster Casts

Plaster cast of Cantorie Panels

PC/050D
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.