Cast of the Moschophoros (calf-bearer) from the Acropolis, Athens
Details
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Title
Cast of the Moschophoros (calf-bearer) from the Acropolis, Athens
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Associated place
Acropolis (find spot of original) -
Date
2nd half of the 19th century -
Material and technique
plaster
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Material index
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Object type
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Dimensions
127 cm estimated (height) -
No. of items
1
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Credit line
Purchased, 1884.
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Museum location
Museum department
Cast Gallery
Accession no.
CG.B.6
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Catalogue text
Standing man wearing mantle carrying calf on his shoulders. He has full beard and long hair arranged in beaded tresses held by a fillet. The pupils of the eyes were inlaid in a different material. Dedicated by Rhombos.
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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