Parthenon frieze, North XLVII, figs. 132-136
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- Title:
- Parthenon frieze, North XLVII, figs. 132-136
- Collection:
- Cornell Cast Collection
- Creator:
- Unknown (supervised by Phidias)
- Photographer:
- Mericle, Danielle
- Date:
- ca. 1890-1900 (cast)
447-432 BCE (original)
- Site:
- Athens, Greece (original)
- Location:
- Goldwin Smith Hall (?), Cornell University
Athens, Greece (original) - ID Number:
- CCC_0792
- Accession Number:
- possibly Sage no. 161
"33" in relief
"6" written in pencil in top
729 - File Name:
- CCC_0792.tif
- Culture:
- Greek
- Style/Period:
- High Classical
- Work Type:
- casts (sculpture)
reliefs (sculptures) - Materials/Techniques:
- plaster cast (sculpture)
marble bas-relief (sculpture technique) (original) - Subject:
- Parthenon (Athens, Greece)
Processions, Religious
Panathenaia
Equestrians - Image View Type:
- overall
- Image View Description:
- from front
- Measurement:
- 102 x 162 x 5 (centimeters, height x width x diameter)
- Description:
- This is a well-preserved cast of North XLVII, a relatively well-preserved original. This block marks the beginning of the procession on the north side of the frieze. Included here are three unmounted figures and one who is mounted, the hand of a fifth mounted figure, and all or parts of four horses. They all process to the viewer's left. At the far left of the block, the mounted fig. 132 is represented only by his right hand. The rear underside of his horse's body is also visible. The remainder of his body and most of his head, which is contained in a fragment of this frieze block housed in the Acropolis Museum (no. 1145) and not included in this cast, are obscured by the overlapping horse of fig. 133. Fig. 133, nude but for the chlamys fastened around his neck, stands with legs apart. His body is shown frontally, while he turns his head into a three-quarter pose to look behind him. With his half-raised right arm he holds the reins of his rearing horse. He raises his left arm and bends it up to his head, perhaps signalling to his companions. Behind him and in the background rides fig. 134. All but his head, looking straight ahead, and his draped shoulders are obscured by the horse of fig. 135, whose snout is pointed downward. Standing in the foreground, fig. 135 uses both hands to adjust the lower portion of his long-sleeved chiton. His head is bowed and he looks towards the ground. Most of his weight is shifted onto his right leg, while his left leg is slightly bent. A young boy, fig. 136, who carries a himation over his shoulder, stands behind and ties the belt of fig. 135.
- Notes:
- Items in the Cornell Cast Collection are meant for inventory and reference purposes. Metadata may not be complete in all cases.
- Bibliography:
- www.parthenonfrieze.gr
www.learn.columbia.edu/parthenon/flash/main.htm
P.P. Caproni and brother, Catalogue of Plaster Reproductions from Antique, Medieval and Modern Sculpture (Boston, MA, 1911), 97
Ian Jenkins, The Parthenon Frieze (Austin: University of Texas Press, 1994), 102 - Related Work:
- Duplicates ID no. 304.
- Repository:
- Cornell University (current)
London, British Museum (original) - Collecting Program:
- Cornell Collections of Antiquities
- Format:
- Image
- Rights:
- The images in the Cornell Collection of Antiquities: Casts are protected by copyright, and the copyright holders are their creators, generally Cornell University Library, Annetta Alexandridis, and Verity Platt. This collection of plaster casts owned by Cornell University was photographed by Cornell University Library, Alexandridis, Platt, and Andreya L. Mihaloew from 2010-2015, with funding from a Digital Collections in Arts and Sciences Grant to Annetta Alexandridis. Cornell is providing access to the materials for research and personal use. The written permission of any copyright and other rights holders is required for distribution, reproduction, or other use that extends beyond what is authorized by fair use and other statutory exemptions. Responsibility for making an independent legal assessment of an item and securing any necessary permissions ultimately rests with persons desiring to use the item. Please contact Annetta Alexandridis and Verity Platt for more information about this collection, or to request permission to use these images.