Parthenon frieze, West VI, figs. 11-12
- Title:
- Parthenon frieze, West VI, figs. 11-12
- Collection:
- Cornell Cast Collection
- Creator:
- Unknown (supervised by Phidias)
- Photographer:
- Mericle, Danielle
- Date:
- ca. 1890-1900
447-432 BCE
- Site:
- Athens, Greece (original)
- Location:
- Olin Library (Room 605), Cornell University
Athens, Greece (original) - ID Number:
- CCC_0821
- Accession Number:
- probably Sage no. 161
746 - File Name:
- CCC_0821.tif
- Culture:
- Greek
- Style/Period:
- High Classical
- Work Type:
- casts (sculpture)
reliefs (sculptures) - 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
- Description:
- This is a well-preserved cast of West VI, a relatively well-preserved, slightly weathered original, depicting a mounted rider and a standing figure, both in profile, facing in opposite directions. Fig 11 rides to the viewer's left looking intently ahead. He wears a cuirass over a short chiton and a crested helmet. His horse rears slightly as it gallops. Fig. 12 stands facing right and is naked except for the chlamys fastened around his neck with a brooch and the crested helmet upon his head. He supports his weight on his slightly bent right leg, bends his left leg up to rest it on a rock, and stoops to adjust his shoe.
- 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), 93
Ian Jenkins, The Parthenon Frieze (Austin: University of Texas Press, 1994), 106-107 - Repository:
- Cornell University (current)
Athens, Acropolis 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.