Parthenon frieze, North XLV, fig. 127
- Title:
- Parthenon frieze, North XLV, fig. 127
- Collection:
- Cornell Cast Collection
- Creator:
- Unknown (supervised by Phidias)
- Photographer:
- Alexandridis, Annetta
- Date:
- ca. 1890-1900 (cast)
447-432 BCE (original)
2009 (image)
- Site:
- Athens, Greece (original)
- Location:
- Warehouse
Athens, Greece (original) - ID Number:
- CCC_0479
- Accession Number:
- probably Sage no. 161
N XL
479 - File Name:
- CCC_0479.tif
- Culture:
- Greek
- Style/Period:
- High Classical
- Work Type:
- casts (sculpture)
- 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:
- 48 (maximum) x 55 (maximum) x 5 (centimeters, height x width x diameter)
- Description:
- This is a cast fragment from the lower center of North XLV, a heavily weathered and damaged original. Preserved here are the worn legs of three overlapping galloping horses and the foot of fig. 127, who rides the foregrounded horse.
- 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), 100-101 - Related Work:
- Belongs with ID nos. 103, 233, 476, 538, 539, 540, 547, and 548.
- 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.