Head of Mausolus from the Mausoleum of Halikarnassos
- Title:
- Head of Mausolus from the Mausoleum of Halikarnassos
- Collection:
- Cornell Cast Collection
- Creator:
- Unknown (sculptors: Bryaxis, Leochares, Timotheus, Skopas
architects: Pytheos and Satyros)
- Photographer:
- Mericle, Danielle
- Date:
- ca. 1890-1900
ca. 350 BCE
2009 (image)
- Site:
- Bodrum (ancient Halikarnassos), Turkey (discovery site, 1856-1858) (original)
- Location:
- Goldwin Smithh Hall (Room B44), Cornell University
previously, Goldwin Smith Hall basement (Room G 48, Dendro Lab)
Bodrum (ancient Halikarnassos), Turkey (discovery site, 1856-1858) (original) - ID Number:
- CCC_0647
- Accession Number:
- Sage no. 302
"Maussollos 350-325" written pencil on front
640 - File Name:
- CCC_0647.tif
- Original Measurements:
- 3 (H) m (complete statue)
- Culture:
- Greek, Carian
- Style/Period:
- Classical
- Work Type:
- casts (sculpture)
- Materials/Techniques:
- plaster cast (sculpture)
marble sculpture in the round (original) - Subject:
- Mausoleum (Halicarnassus)
Mausolus, d. ca. 353 B.C. - Image View Type:
- overall
- Image View Description:
- from front
- Measurement:
- 62 x 55 x 36 (centimeters, height x width x diameter)
- Description:
- This is a cast of the head from the colossal marble statue of a draped, standing male from the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus (Halikarnassos) housed in the British Museum. The statue was identified as a representation of the Carian dynast Mausolus (Maussollos/Mausolos) at its discovery, but this identification is speculative
it may well represent one of Mausolus' Hekatomnid ancestors. The figure's face is broad, the forehead is low, fleshy, and furrowed. His eyes are almond-shaped with heavy upper lids, the nose is prominent, and the lips are full with a slightly irregularly shaped upper lip. The figure has a close-cropped, wavy beard and long hair that falls in loose, vaguely doughy waves. The head was carved separately and slotted into the body, as the roughly chiseled section below the neck demonstrates. This cast was made with restorations to the hair, head, and face (particularly the nose) that are not present on the original. Scholars continue to debate the form of the ornate building as well as the placement of much of the sculpture associated with it. British Museum 1000. - Notes:
- Items in the Cornell Cast Collection are meant for inventory and reference purposes. Metadata may not be complete in all cases.
no. 1857,1220.232 - Bibliography:
- Geoffrey B. Waywell, The Free-Standing Sculptures of the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus in the British Museum (London: British Museum Publications, 1978)
Ian Jenkins, Greek Architecture and its Sculpture (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2006), 203-227 - 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.