Cast of the Propylaia Kore from the Acropolis, Athens
Details
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Title
Cast of the Propylaia Kore from the Acropolis, Athens
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Associated place
Acropolis (Propylaia) (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
52 cm estimated (height) -
No. of items
1
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Credit line
Purchased, 1925.
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Museum location
currently out on loan
Museum department
Cast Gallery
Accession no.
CG.B.81
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Catalogue text
Athens, Acropolis Museum, inv. 688.
The body was found in 1889 in the Propylaia of the Athenian Acropolis. The head, certainly known in 1885, was probably found in 1882 during Stamatakis’ excavations of the Propylaia.
Small statue of a woman with long hair, held by diadem, wearing chiton and heavy 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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