Cast of a relief of a standing figure, possibly Nike, from Agrigento
Details
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Title
Cast of a relief of a standing figure, possibly Nike, from Agrigento
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Associated place
Acragas (Hellenistic portico outside the city wall) (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
19 cm estimated (height) -
No. of items
1
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Credit line
Purchased, 1927.
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Museum location
Museum department
Cast Gallery
Accession no.
CG.B.93
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Catalogue text
Agrigento, Museo Archeologico Regionale.
Excavated in 1927 near the Hellenistic portico outside the city wall at Acragas (Agrigento) in Sicily.
Relief of female figure, Nike(?), wearing long sleeveless chiton and mantle.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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