Cast of Theseus and Antiope from the west pediment of the Temple of Apollo, Eretria
Details
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Title
Cast of Theseus and Antiope from the west pediment of the Temple of Apollo, Eretria
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Associated place
Greece (find spot of original) -
Date
early 20th century -
Material and technique
plaster
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Material index
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Object type
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Dimensions
114 cm estimated (height) -
No. of items
1
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Credit line
Purchased, 1925.
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Museum location
Museum department
Cast Gallery
Accession no.
CG.A.18
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Catalogue text
Eretria, Eretria Museum (formerly Chalkis), inv. 18053.
Found in 1899 to the west of the Temple of Apollo Daphnephoros at Eretria, Greece.
Theseus with short hair, wearing chlamys, carries off Antiope with long hair held by stephane, wearing short chiton and leather cuirass. From the west pediment of the temple.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
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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