Architectural sculpture from the Treasury of Atreus
- Title:
- Architectural sculpture from the Treasury of Atreus
- Collection:
- Cornell Cast Collection
- Creator:
- Unknown
- Photographer:
- Alexandridis, Annetta
- Date:
- ca. 1880-1920 (cast)
ca. 1300-1250 BCE (original)
2009 (image)
- Site:
- Mycenae, Greece (reproduction)
Mycenae, Greece (original) - Location:
- Warehouse
Mycenae, Greece (reproduction)
Mycenae, Greece (original) - ID Number:
- CCC_0321
- Accession Number:
- 221 engraved on top
321 - File Name:
- CCC_0321.tif
- Original Measurements:
- 41 (H) x 97 (W) x 13.8 (D) cm
- Culture:
- Greek
- Style/Period:
- Mycenaean Late Helladic IIIB
- Work Type:
- casts (sculpture)
- Materials/Techniques:
- plaster cast (sculpture)
rosso antico sculpture in relief (original) - Subject:
- Architecture, Mycenaean
- Image View Type:
- overall
- Image View Description:
- from front
- Measurement:
- 44 x 77 x 5 (centimeters, height x width x diameter)
- Description:
- This is a cast of a fragment of architectural sculpture of red marble from the facade of the so-called Treasury of Atreus at Mycenae, a tholos tomb dated to ca. 1250 BCE. The fragment from which this cast was taken is housed in the British Museum. The relief sculpture is contained in three registers and is restored in the relieving triangle above the tomb's door lintel. Running spirals in three registers are bordered by narrow moldings. The central register is in slightly higher relief than those above and below it, and has space within the spirals for central inlays. The once-trapezoidal original is heavily damaged along the top and viewer's left edges; this cast has been filled in to produce straight lines. This piece perhaps once belonged to the architectural cast collection originally housed in Lincoln Hall.
- Notes:
- Items in the Cornell Cast Collection are meant for inventory and reference purposes. Metadata may not be complete in all cases.
Museum number 1816,0610.180 - Bibliography:
- See catalog entry for this object at britishmuseum.org
- 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.