Parthenon, East Pediment, fig. D (Dionysus)
- Title:
- Parthenon, East Pediment, fig. D (Dionysus)
- Collection:
- Cornell Cast Collection
- Creator:
- Unknown (supervised by Phidias)
- Photographer:
- Alexandridis, Annetta
- Date:
- ca. 1890-1900
438-432 BCE
2009 (image)
- Site:
- Athens, Greece (original)
- Location:
- Warehouse (exhibited temporarily at Weinhold Chilled Water Plant, Nov. 2014-June 2015)
Athens, Greece (original) - ID Number:
- CCC_0374a
- Accession Number:
- Sage no. 169
169 xxx (in pencil)
sticker: 1684
374 - File Name:
- CCC_0374a.tif
- Original Measurements:
- 121 (H) cm (complete figure)
- Culture:
- Greek
- Style/Period:
- High Classical
- Work Type:
- casts (sculpture)
- Materials/Techniques:
- plaster cast (sculpture)
marble sculpture in the round (original) - Subject:
- Parthenon (Athens, Greece)
Mythology, Classical
Dionysus (Greek deity) - Image View Type:
- overall
- Image View Description:
- from side
- Description:
- This is a damaged cast of a section of figure D, often identified as Dionysus, from the east pediment of the Parthenon. It preserves the left thigh and knee of the god, and a large dowel intended for its attachment to the torso of the work. It is broken just below the knee.
- Notes:
- Items in the Cornell Cast Collection are meant for inventory and reference purposes. Metadata may not be complete in all cases.
no. 1816,0610.93 - Bibliography:
- Olga Palagia, The Pediments of the Parthenon (Leiden: Brill, 1993), 19-20, figs. 31-36
P.P. Caproni and brother, Catalogue of Plaster Reproductions from Antique, Medieval and Modern Sculpture (Boston, MA, 1911), 22 - Related Work:
- Belongs with ID nos. 281 (head), 374 (torso).
- 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.