Seated Herakles from the Temple of Aphaia
Unknown sculptor · 485-480 BCE.
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Ancient · № 228
Fragment from the Athena Parthenos
Unknown sculptor · c. 440 BCE.
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Fragment from the Athena Parthenos
SMK identifies the cast source as the Athena sanctuary library at Pergamon. Tyrkiet, Pergamon, Athena helligdommen, biblioteket Original/source location in SMK metadata: Staatliche Museen.
- Maker
- Unknown sculptor
- Date
- c. 440 BCE.
- Place
- Mediterranean
- Material
- Plaster
- Dimensions
- H 80.5 cm x W 58 cm x D 48 cm
- Current collection
- Royal Cast Collection
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Phidias’s gold-and-ivory Athena Parthenos is lost. This plaster records a later copy associated with Athena’s sanctuary at Pergamon, preserving the design at several removes from the original.
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- Maker
- Unknown sculptor
- Date
- c. 440 BCE.
- Place
- Mediterranean
- Material
- Plaster
- Dimensions
- H 80.5 cm x W 58 cm x D 48 cm
- Current collection
- Royal Cast Collection
- Rights
- Public Domain Mark 1.0
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