Cast of head of groom from the east pediment of the Temple of Zeus, Olympia
Details
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Title
Cast of head of groom from the east pediment of the Temple of Zeus, Olympia
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Associated place
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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
30 cm estimated (height) -
No. of items
1
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Credit line
Purchased, probably 1927.
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Museum location
Museum department
Cast Gallery
Accession no.
CG.A.46.b
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Catalogue text
Pedimental sculptures and metopes from the Temple of Zeus at Olympia, Greece. Classical Greek, begun after 470 BC and finished by 456 BC.
East pediment with Oinomaos and Pelops before chariot-race.
Olympia Museum, inv. L 56.
The three fragments of the head were found in 1879 built into later structures to the east of the Echo-Hall and in the House of Nero.
Fragment of beardless, youthful head with short hair from figure of kneeling groom (B). See A 46a.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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