Plaster cast of high relief acanthus
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- Mid 19th century-early 20th century
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Plaster cast of high relief acanthus
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plaster cast of Saint Jerome, the patron saint of libraries.
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Plaster cast of Hermes of Praxiteles (Hermes and the Infant Dionysus)
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Original: Greek sculpture of Hermes and the infant Dionysus discovered in 1877 in the ruins of the Temple of Hera at Olympia. It is traditionally attributed to Praxiteles and dated to the 4th century BC. 3/4 size sculpture. Original currently in the collection of the Archaeological Museum of Olympia, Greece.
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Original: Greco-Roman attribution, shows Mercury God of merchandise and merchants, commonly identified with the Greek Hermes, fleet-footed messenger of the gods.
This item was damaged in the fire in the Mackintosh Building on 23rd May 2014. It underwent conservation and consolidation work in 2016.
Plaster cast of head of a horse from Selene's Chariot
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Original: Figure from east pediment of the Parthenon. Acropolis, Athens, 447-432 BC. Original currently in the collection of the British Museum, London, UK.
Plaster cast of Berlin Adorante
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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 Boy of Subiaco
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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 a spandrel showing censing angel
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Original: c19th century. Westminster Abbey, London, UK.
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Plaster cast copies of sculptures from the church of Notre-Dame de Corbeil, Essonne, France. The original sculptures were previously displayed in the Musée des Monuments as King Clovis I of the Franks (465 - 511) and his wife Queen Clotilde (474 – 545). However, they are now housed in the Louvre where they are catalogued as possibly the Old Testament monarchs, King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba.
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Plaster cast copies of sculptures from the church of Notre-Dame de Corbeil, Essonne, France. The original sculptures were previously displayed in the Musée des Monuments as King Clovis I of the Franks (465 - 511) and his wife Queen Clotilde (474 – 545). However, they are now housed in the Louvre where they are catalogued as possibly the Old Testament monarchs, King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba.
Plaster cast of Elders of the Apocalypse (Royal Portal Chatres Cathedral)
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This item was lost in the fire in The Mackintosh Building at The Glasgow School of Art on 23rd May 2014.
Original: Portal figures from Chartres Cathedral. The central tympanum illustrates the Apocalypse with a central Christ surrounded by twenty-four Elders.
Plaster cast of the Rebellious Slave
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This item was lost in the fire in The Mackintosh Building at The Glasgow School of Art on 15th June 2018.
Original: Michelangelo, originally for the tomb of Pope Julius II in 1505, began to carve the Slaves in 1513, as part of a modified project. On the pope's death, the project changed once again, for financial reasons. Michelangelo donated the Slaves to Roberto Strozzi, who brought them to France. Original currently in the collection of the Louvre, Paris, France.
Plaster cast of Virgin and Child roundel
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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 tondo portrait of Andrea Mantegna
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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 fragment with foliage
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Symmetrical panel showing curling leaves. Original: Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris, France. Bears "Musée de Sculpture Comparée du Trocadero, Paris, 1910" maker's stamp. Annotated "3.88".
Musée de Sculpture Comparée du Trocadero, Paris
Plaster bust after an original by Mino da Fiesole.
D Brucciani & Co
Sculpture made from Portland stone. This item was damaged in the fire in GSA's Mackintosh Building on 23rd May 2014 and was conserved in 2018-19.
Knox, John
Plaster cast of panel with pair of wolf-headed figures
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Wolf-headed figures playing quarterstaves and separated by an eagle.
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Plaster cast of sculptural fragment of a foot
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Plaster cast of panel with decoration of foliage and hops
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Large panel in high relief.
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Plaster cast of panel with interlaced foliage decoration
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Plaster cast of architectural fragment with leaf
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Plaster cast of architectural fragment
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Plaster cast of architectural fragment
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Plaster cast of architectural fragment with leaf
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Plaster cast of fragment with foliage decoration in relief
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Plaster cast of two-handled urn decorated with classical figures
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Plaster cast of panel with foliage, figures and horses
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Plaster cast of decorated pilasters of a doorway
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Plaster cast of Mercury's torso
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Fragment of Mercury sculpture, featuring torso only without hands.
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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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Plaster cast of base of column cluster with human mask
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Plaster cast of capital with double columns
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Capital with conjoined double doric style columns.
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Plaster cast of corbel of angel playing lute
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Medieval style.
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Plaster cast of baptismal font
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This item was lost in the fire in The Mackintosh Building at The Glasgow School of Art on 15th June 2018.
Gilt plaster circular font. Damage sustained when student put water into the cast.
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Scrolled support for cornice or frieze.
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Plaster cast of one of the eight pilasters from tomb of Louis XII
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Pilaster with relief ornamentation and skull. Original: Jean Juste, c1531. Marble. St-Denis, France.
D Brucciani & Co
Plaster cast of pilaster capital
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Bears "Commission Royale Belge Atelier du Moulage, Bruxelles" maker's stamp.
Commission Royale Belge Atelier du Moulage Bruxelles
Plaster cast of cornice decorated with egg and dart motif
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3 straps of decoration. Bears "J Giusti & Co, makers, St Vincent St, Glasgow" maker's stamp. Annotated "347".
J Giusti & Co
Plaster cast of decorated panel with stylised leaves
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Annotated "F Meacci" and "260" and some graffiti.
Meacci, F
Plaster cast of the Dead Christ Tended by Angels
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Original: Donatello, c1435–1443. Carved marble in low relief. Original currently in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK. previously incorrectly referenced as 'Pieta' meaning a depiction of the Virgin cradling Christ's body, due to similarity to Donatello's relief sculpture of the same subject and style.
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Plaster cast of Cantorie Panels
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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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Angel figure in relief with mask at base. Possibly architectural fragment.
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Plaster cast of tondo from relief portrait of Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta
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Original: Agostino di Duccio, c1450. Basilica Malatesta, Rimini, Italy. Annotated: "15.562" (thought to be an old catalogue reference).
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Plaster cast of Marcus Aurelius
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Portrait bust. Marcus Aurelius was Roman Emperor from 161 to 180.
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Plaster cast of votive relief of Dionysus and Icarius
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In relief. Original: c100AD. Marble. Currently in the National Museum, Naples, Italy.
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Plaster cast of panel scene with figures in relief
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Part of a temple frieze.
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Plaster cast of half section of classical relief with putti holding laurel wreath
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