Key Information
Reference code
PC/016M
Title
Plaster cast of Parthenon Frieze
Date(s)
- 19th century (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent
1 item
Content and Structure
Scope and content
Original: Designed by Pheidias, 447-432BC. It is generally agreed that the frieze depicts (in narrative form) the Greater Panathenaic procession from the Leokoreion by the Dipylon gate to the Acropolis, was mooted by Stuart and Revett in the second volume of their Antiquities of Athens, 1787.
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Custodial history
Listed in 1964/5 inventory as located in the museum and passage ways of the Mackintosh Building (GSAA/GOV/7/5). Listed in first inventory of casts (GSAA/GOV/7/1) as of the Greek style, attributed to Phidias and purchased from Brucciani.
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Physical Description
Dimensions: 1420 x 1020 x 90mm