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Plaster cast of pilaster

  • PC/101B
  • Item
  • Mid 19th century-early 20th century

    • Part of Plaster Casts

Plaster cast of pilaster, part of a set with decorated capital

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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 Antinous

Original: Statue of a young nude male found at Hadrian's Villa, Tivoli c1730. Antinous (November 29, 111-October 30, 130) was a member of the entourage of the Roman Emperor Hadrian, to whom he was beloved. Original currently in the collection of The Capitoline, Rome, Italy.

Plaster cast of Hermes of Praxiteles (Hermes and the Infant Dionysus)

Plaster cast of Hermes of Praxiteles (Hermes and the Infant Dionysus)

  • PC/012
  • Item
  • Mid 19th century-early 20th century

    • Part of Plaster Casts

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.

Plaster cast of Crouching Venus (Crouching Aphrodite)

  • PC/024
  • Item
  • Mid 19th century-early 20th century

    • Part of Plaster Casts

Original: Also known as: Venere nel bagno, Venere nella conchiglia. Likely to be a Roman adaptation of Doidalses' Crouching Aphrodite (a lost Greek original from the 3rd century BC). Original currently in the collection of the Louvre, Paris, France.

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.

Large Newbery medal

Large version of a Newbery Medal cast in metal. Portrait of Newbery (obverse); Mackintosh building (reverse). Incribed obverse: "To Commemorate the services of Fra H Newbery as director of the Glasgow School of Art 1885-1918". Design includes portrait of Newbery and Glasgow coat of arms. Reverse: "Awarded for distinction in diploma work".

Proudfoot, Alexander

Commemorative medal for Eugene Guillaume

Single-sided metal casting of a medal in honour of the sculptor Eugene Guillame. Inscription: "Eugene Guillaumes Statuaire / Ne a Montbarf Cote d'Or / IV / IVILLET / MDCCCXXII / Ringel d'Illze ach SC/ MDCCCLXXXIV". The medal depicts a portrait of Eugene Guillame and several symbols representing sculpture and the arts.

Ringel d'Illzach, Jean-Désiré

Bust of young man in armour

Plaster bust of a young man in armour after a terracotta original from the 15th century sculpted by Antonio Pollaiuolo and held in the Bargello Museum, Florence.

J Giusti & Co

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