Cast of the head of Alexander the Great
Details
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Title
Cast of the head of Alexander the Great
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Associated place
Leipzig (place of creation) -
Date
2001 - 2009 -
Material and technique
plaster
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Material index
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Object type
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Dimensions
13 cm estimated (height) -
No. of items
1
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Credit line
Acquired by exchange with the Archaeological Institute at the University of Leipzig, 2009.
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Museum location
Museum department
Cast Gallery
Accession no.
CG.B.234
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Catalogue text
Head from small figure of Alexander the Great with long, wavy hair.
In: Frederiksen, Rune, and R.R.R. Smith, The Cast Gallery of the Ashmolean Museum: Catalogue of plaster casts of Greek and Roman sculpture (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 2011)
Further reading
Paul E, and Herrmann W, Antikenmuseum,’ in E. Ullmann (ed.), Kunstschätze der Karl-Marx- Universität (Leipzig, 1981)
Paul E, Antike Kunst im Mittelmeerraum. Ausstellungskatalog (Leipzig, 1984)
Paul E, 50 Meisterwerke (Leipzig, 1994)
Frederiksen, Rune, and R.R.R. Smith, The Cast Gallery of the Ashmolean Museum: Catalogue of plaster casts of Greek and Roman sculpture (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 2011)
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