Bronze figure of Madonna and Child
- NMC/1891
- Item
- Mid 19th century-mid 20th century
A bronze figure of Madonna and Child, on a wooden base. Thought to have been used at The Glasgow School of Art as a teaching aid.
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Bronze figure of Madonna and Child
A bronze figure of Madonna and Child, on a wooden base. Thought to have been used at The Glasgow School of Art as a teaching aid.
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Plaster cast of shoulder muscle with neck and arm muscle structure
Part of Plaster Casts
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Plaster and resin cast, possibly taken from an older wood carving showing a nativity scene on the long face and an Annunciation and Joseph on either end. The reverse is hollow with rough resin marks. Shape suggests it is copied from a capital at the top of a pilaster. Formerly located in the Director's office.
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Wooden framed plaster relief portrait of a bearded man in profile with brown glaze. Bottom left corner has initials "J.R." or "R.J" and indecipherable signature above left shoulder. This item was damaged in the fire in GSA's Mackintosh Building on 23rd May 2014 and was conserved in 2018.
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Hollow sarcophagus cast with relief pattern of animals and figures. Dark yellow glaze over exterior. White, unglazed interior. '14-103' handwritten in black on bottom right corner.
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A large slate slab decorated with an abstract pattern.
Mitchell, Charles
Portrait head of the artist's sister, Mamie.
Biggar, Helen Manson
Portrait of Professor William J Smith
Portrait bust of Professor Smith, with triangular stand.
Schotz, Benno
Female seated figure, attached to wooden base.
Frank, Hannah
This item was badly damaged in the fire in The Mackintosh Building at The Glasgow School of Art on 23rd May 2014. It was assessed by a conservator but no conservation work was deemed possible.
Leckie, Alexander
Plaster bust after a terracotta bust of Girolamo Benivieni executed in 1863 by Giovani Bastianini in the collections of the Louvre, Paris. However, significant differences between the plaster bust by J Giusti & Co and the original bust by Bastianini, particularly the shape of the hat, suggest that the plaster bust is derivative of an unidentified intermediary copy.
J Giusti & Co
Plaster portrait after a 15th century bronze bust of Dante Alighieri in the Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Naples.
J Giusti & Co
Plaster portrait of an unidentified woman.
J Giusti & Co
Plaster portrait after a Greek bust.
J Giusti & Co
Unidentified female death mask
Plaster copy of a death mask of an unknown woman.
Charles Smith & Sons
Plaster bust after one of several "seated Voltaire" sculptures completed by the workshop of Jean Antoine Houdon in the late 18th century.
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Plaster bust after a terracotta bust of Niccolo da Abruzzo in the Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence, believed to be by Donatello.
D Brucciani & Co
Plaster anatomical portrait showing muscle groups of the face and neck.
J Giusti & Co
Small bust after 'Young Octavian'
Small plaster bust, likely after the 'Young Octavian' portrait of the emperor Augustus in the Vatican Museums.
J Giusti & Co
Gelatine mould of Greek portrait
Mould made of gelatine used to produce plaster copies of a Greek portrait.
J Giusti & Co
Sainte Fortunade reliquary bust
Plaster reproduction of reliquary bust from the church of Saint Martial in Correze, France.
J Giusti & Co
Plaster copy after the left eye of Michelangelo's David.
J Giusti & Co
Plaster cast of a left hand.
J Giusti & Co
J Giusti & Co
Plaster bust of a shepherd.
J Giusti & Co
Plaster bust of 'brontolone' (grumpy old man) after Luca della Robbia.
J Giusti & Co
Plaster bust of a boy wearing an ornamented breastplate.
J Giusti & Co
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
Plaster cast after the right ear of Michelangelo's David.
J Giusti & Co
Plaster reproduction of an unidentified bust of an infant.
J Giusti & Co
Collection of brown stained round plaster cast reliefs. Mostly depicting portrait busts. Kept in eight shallow wooden drawers. Themes include: religious figures, military figures, ancient Greek and Roman figures, royalty, various historical figures, and commemorative scenes. Some include stamped titles on front, some scratched on back, some without any identification. Also includes paper timeline of ancient Roman rulers.
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Classical female figure, side view, in wooden frame. Inscribed verso: "This belongs to Violet Clifton. Left to John Laurie, Art Club, Bath Street, Glasgow".
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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
Part of Plaster Casts
Fragment of femal form, hips to shoulders. Hellenistic style.
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Plaster cast of Crouching Venus (Crouching Aphrodite)
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
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.
Part of Plaster Casts
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)
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.
Casts of medals commemorative of British history
Framed display of "Casts of medals commemorative of British history". Plaster casts labelled with 17th century events and figures from British history. Label at bottom right corner says "Hunterian Collection".
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Plaster cast of Augustus of Primaporta
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: 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 decorated Corinthian capital
Part of Plaster Casts
Attic of Corinthian order, but unusually highly decorated.
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Part of Plaster Casts
Plaster cast of pilaster, part of a set with decorated capital
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Plaster cast of decorated capital with stylised leaves
Part of Plaster Casts
Plaster cast of decorated capital, part of a set with pilaster
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Plaster cast of baptismal font
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.
Gilt plaster circular font. Damage sustained when student put water into the cast.
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Plaster cast of capital decorated with acanthus leaves
Part of Plaster Casts
Capital in with three sides of curling leaves ornamentation.
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Part of Plaster Casts
Stele in two parts; one with point and ornamented with fluting, the second with two flowers carved in relief. Original: The Temple of Thesius, Athens, Greece. Annotated with illegible lettering.
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