Item PC/026B - Plaster cast of Borghese Warrior

Open original Digitised item

License:

Creative Commons - click here to find out moreThis image is provided under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA License. You can download this version for private study or non-commercial use. Our terms, conditions and copyright policy (PDF) contains further information about acceptable usage. If you are seeking permission to publish, please contact us ›

Please click here if you would like to request a larger, high-resolution version ›

Key Information

Reference code

PC/026B

Title

Plaster cast of Borghese Warrior

Date(s)

  • 19th century (Creation)

Level of description

Item

Extent

1 item

Content and Structure

Scope and content

This item was lost in the fire in The Mackintosh Building at The Glasgow School of Art on 15th June 2018.

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.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

General Information

Name of creator

Archival history

Photographed in GSA in 1915.

Custodial history

One of the two version is listed in 1964/5 inventory as located in the entrance halls passage ways of the Mackintosh Building (GSAA/GOV/7/5). Cast is listed for sale in 'Catalogue Casts for Schools' (GSAA/ISE/5/8), however no evidence this was the distributer (D. Brucciani & Co.) or issue it was bought from. Listed under 'Statues' in 'Catalogue of Books, Casts etc. of the School of Ornamental Art, Glasgow' (GSAA/GOV/7/1).

Physical Description and Conditions of Use

Conditions governing access

Conditions governing reproduction

Language of material

Script of material

Language and script notes

Physical Description

Dimensions: 1630 x 1150 x 690 mm (Plinth: 660 x 1220 x 720 mm)

Finding aids

Related Material

Existence and location of originals

Existence and location of copies

Related materials

GSAA/GOV/7/5; GSAA/ISE/5/8; GSAA/GOV/7/1

Related descriptions

Notes area

Alternative identifier(s)

Keywords/Tags

Place access points

People and Organisations

Genre access points

Status

Level of detail

Processing information

Language(s)

Script(s)

Sources

Digitised item (Master) rights area

Digitised item (Reference) rights area

Digitised item (Thumbnail) rights area

Accession area