Cast of a horse from the Acropolis, Athens
Details
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Title
Cast of a horse from the Acropolis, Athens
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Associated place
Acropolis (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
113 cm estimated (height) -
No. of items
1
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Credit line
Purchased, 1929.
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Museum location
Museum department
Cast Gallery
Accession no.
CG.B.29
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Catalogue text
Athens, Acropolis Museum, inv. 697.
Found in 1887 in a pit on the Athenian Acropolis. According to Dickins found east of the Erechtheion (as B 28). For a different provenance see Brouskari.
Forepart of small statue of a horse.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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