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Plaster cast of stele

  • PC/204
  • Item
  • Mid 19th century-early 20th century

    • 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.

*Not available / given

Plaster cast of remembrance panel

Plaster cast of remembrance panel

  • PC/208
  • Item
  • Mid 19th century-early 20th century

    • Part of Plaster Casts

Panel with commemorations flanked by man and woman with cherubs and surrounded by decorative ornamentation.

*Not available / given

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

*Not available / given

Plaster cast of Corinthian capital

  • PC/104A
  • Item
  • Mid 19th century-early 20th century

    • Part of Plaster Casts

Attic of ionic order, but unusually highly decorated. Bears illegible maker's stamp, possibly that of "Commission Royale Belge Atelier du Moulage, Bruxelles".

Commission Royale Belge Atelier du Moulage Bruxelles

Plaster cast of architrave with foliage

  • PC/111
  • Item
  • Mid 19th century-early 20th century

    • Part of Plaster Casts

Three leafed foliage. Bears a "Musée de Sculpture Comparée du Trocadero, Paris, 1910" maker's stamp. Annotated "37" and "351".

Musée de Sculpture Comparée du Trocadero, Paris

Plaster cast of architectural fragment

  • PC/128
  • Item
  • Mid 19th century-early 20th century

    • Part of Plaster Casts

Order wich combines features of the ionic and corinthian, first identified by Alberti (c1450). Bears illegible maker's stamp.

Musée de Sculpture Comparée du Trocadero, Paris

Plaster cast of panel with bambini

  • PC/179
  • Item
  • Mid 19th century-early 20th century

    • Part of Plaster Casts

Bambini are shown playing with musical instruments, foliage etc. Bears "Union Centrale des Arts Décoratifs Atelier Moulage, Paris" maker's stamp. Annotated "286" and twice with "Isabella".

Union Centrale des Arts Décoratifs Atelier Moulage, Paris

Plaster cast of Sarcophagus of Giustina

  • PC/036C
  • Item
  • Mid 19th century-early 20th century

    • Part of Plaster Casts

Original: Attributed to Gregorio di Allegretto, 1476. Marble. Church of Santa Giustina, Padua, Italy. On the front of the sarcophagus the body of the saint is carved in relief, lying on a bier and covered with a cloth. At the ends are reliefs of angels swinging censers.

*Not available / given

Plaster cast of Cantorie Panels

  • PC/050B
  • 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.

This item was damaged in the fire in the Mackintosh Building on 23rd May 2014. It underwent conservation and consolidation work in 2016.

*Not available / given

Plaster cast of Cantorie Panels

  • PC/050F
  • 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.

This item was damaged in the fire in the Mackintosh Building on 23rd May 2014. It underwent conservation and consolidation work in 2016.

*Not available / given

Plaster cast of Mater Dolorosa

  • PC/052
  • Item
  • Mid 19th century-early 20th century

    • Part of Plaster Casts

Mater Dolorosa (Latin) refers to the Virgin Mary in relation to the sorrows in her life.

*Not available / given

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 decorative relief panel with classical figures from lid of chest

  • PC/083
  • Item
  • Mid 19th century-early 20th century

    • Part of Plaster Casts

Decorative panel showing classical figures; female figures surround the central panel of a male holding some sort of tool. Lower panel shows a central female figure flanked by two contorted males. Original: Michelangelo. Currently in the collection of The National Museum of Bargello, Florence, Italy.

*Not available / given

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 Mercury

  • PC/014
  • Item
  • Mid 19th century-early 20th century

    • Part of Plaster Casts

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 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 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 King

  • PC/032A
  • Item
  • Mid 19th century-early 20th century

    • Part of Plaster Casts

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 Queen

  • PC/032B
  • Item
  • Mid 19th century-early 20th century

    • Part of Plaster Casts

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 the Rebellious Slave

  • PC/042
  • 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: 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

  • PC/049A
  • Item
  • Mid 19th century-early 20th century

    • Part of Plaster Casts

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 Teucer

  • PC/054
  • Item
  • Mid 19th century to 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: Sir Hamo Thornycroft, 1881. The champion Greek archer Teucer was one of the heroes of Homer's story of the Trojan War. Original currently in the collection of Tate Britain, London, UK.

Plaster cast of tondo portrait of Andrea Mantegna

  • PC/066
  • Item
  • Mid 19th century-early 20th century

    • Part of Plaster Casts

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

  • PC/098
  • Item
  • Mid 19th century-early 20th century

    • Part of Plaster Casts

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

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