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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.

*Not available / given

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.

*Not available / given

Plaster cast of Augustus of Primaporta

This item was lost in the fire in The Mackintosh Building at The Glasgow School of Art on 15th June 2018.

Original: Statue of Augustus Caesar which was discovered on April 20, 1863, in the Villa of Livia at Prima Porta, near Rome. Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus (23 Sep 63BC-19 Aug AD14) was the first ruler of the Roman Empire, which he ruled alone from January 27BC until his death in AD14. Original currently in the collection of the Braccio Nuovo of the Vatican, Rome, Italy.

Plaster cast of Berlin Adorante

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

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 Borghese Warrior

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

Plaster cast of Borghese Warrior

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 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 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 Charioteer of Delphi

  • PC/008
  • 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: The life-size bronze statue of a chariot driver was found in 1896 at the Sanctuary of Apollo in Delphi and is also known as Heniokhos, the rein-holder. The statue was erected at Delphi in 474BC, to commemorate the victory of a chariot team in the Pythean Games, which were held at Delphi every four years in honor of Pythean Apollo. Original currently in the collection of the Delphi Archaeological Museum, Greece.

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.

*Not available / given

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).

*Not available / given

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