(Ca. 1896–1906) While the marble sculptures that these casts represent are somtimes called ‘thrones’ (of colossal gods?), they may have been altar fronts, tops of shrines, fences, stone chariots, or…Read More >
Sculpture
9. Cast of a relief depicting Egyptian soldiers in Ethiopia
(Before 1913) One of the two Palmer casts [see also 10] is this cast from a relief in the mortuary temple or temple tomb of Hatshepsut, the first female pharaoh of…Read More >
7. Helen
Eric Stanford (1990) The myth of Helen of Troy has been told many times throughout history. She was the daughter of the Queen of Sparta and Zeus. Her marriage to…Read More >
3. Cast of a column capital
Brucciani & Co. (before 1900) This cast is of a capital that crowned a column of the Ionic order or style. The band of lotus and palmettes—as found on the…Read More >
2. Cast of a fragment from the Parthenon frieze
Brucciani & Co. (1889) The Parthenon was a temple dedicated to Athena, the city goddess of Athens. The Athenian leader Perikles directed the sculptor Pheidias to oversee its construction and…Read More >
14. The Putti Casts
Brucciani & Co. (before 1900) ‘Putti’ are depictions of naked children in Italian renaissance art. These are two of the innocents—abandoned or orphaned children—from the Ospidale degli Innocenti (Foundling Hospital)…Read More >
5. Protesilaus
Eric Stanford (1990) Protesilaus was a soldier in the Trojan War whose fate was foretold by an oracle warning him of the death that awaited him as soon as he…Read More >
8. Aphrodite and Eros
(1st century BC or later) This statue of Aphrodite, goddess of love, was dedicated to the goddess near her temple at Cyrene (Libya). This statue, on loan from the British…Read More >
10. Cast of a relief depicting Egyptian soldiers sailing to Ethiopia
(Before 1913) Another one of the Palmer casts [see also 9] from a relief in the Hatshepsut mortuary chamber shows an Egyptian ship travelling on the Nile to perform a…Read More >
12. Tombstone of Domita Rogata
(2nd century AD) The inscription on this tombstone from Leptis Magna (in modern Libya) remembers ‘‘Domitia Rogata. She lived twenty-three years. M. Iulius Cethegus Phyllissam made this for his dearest…Read More >