Cast of a bearded male portrait head, from Athens
Details
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Title
Cast of a bearded male portrait head, from Athens
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Associated place
Paris (Joined from two fragments, one in Athens, the other in Paris. The Athens fragment was found in 1876-7, in the so-called ‘serpentzé wall’ below the south slope of the Acropolis) (find spot of original)Athens (Joined from two fragments, one in Athens, the other in Paris. The Athens fragment was found in 1876-7, in the so-called ‘serpentzé wall’ below the south slope of the Acropolis.) (find spot of original) -
Date
2001 - 2006 -
Material and technique
plaster
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Material index
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Object type
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Dimensions
42 cm estimated (height) -
No. of items
1
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Credit line
Acquired by exchange with the Cast Collection in Berlin (Stemmer, K.), 2006.
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Museum location
Museum department
Cast Gallery
Accession no.
CG.H.72
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Catalogue text
Head in the so-called ‘Ostia Plotinus’ type.
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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