Peplophoros from the Villa of the Papyri
- Title:
- Peplophoros from the Villa of the Papyri
- Collection:
- Cornell Cast Collection
- Creator:
- Unknown
- Photographer:
- Mihaloew, Andreya
- Date:
- ca. 1890-1900
ca. mid 1st c. BCE to 79 CE
2015 (image)
- Site:
- Villa dei Papiri (area of large garden), Herculaneum, Italy (discovery site
discovered 1754) (original) - Location:
- Klarman Hall Atrium, Cornell University
previously, Goldwin Smith Hall (Room 128) and Warehouse
Villa dei Papiri (area of large garden), Herculaneum, Italy (discovery site
discovered 1754) (original) - ID Number:
- CCC_0845
- Accession Number:
- Sage no. 352
183 - File Name:
- CCC_0845.tif
- Original Measurements:
- 150 (H) cm
- Culture:
- Roman
- Style/Period:
- Roman late Republican or Imperial, Classicizing
- Work Type:
- casts (sculpture)
- Materials/Techniques:
- plaster cast (sculpture)
bronze sculpture in the round (original) - Subject:
- Herculaneum (Extinct city)
- Image View Type:
- overall
- Image View Description:
- from front
- Measurement:
- 154 (centimeters, height)
- Description:
- This is a cast of a bronze statue of a standing, peplos-wearing female from the Villa of the Papyri at Herculaneum, one of six similar statues found around the villa's large garden. The figure stands erect facing front but turning her head to her left. Her classicizing face lacks expression. She has wavy, mid-length hair that is parted in the middle and banded with a thick fillet. Curly locks fall to her lower neck. Her right knee is slightly bent and she places much of her weight on her left leg. She wears a heavy peplos with a kolpos and overfold, the skirt of which falls in straight folds to the tops of her bare feet. Her bent knee interrupts the straight lines of the folds. She grasps and spreads the long overfold of her garment with her raised left hand and lowered right. The cast has been painted brownish-black to appear as patinated bronze. The identity of the six peplophoroi from the large garden of the Villa of the Papyri at Herculaneum is unknown, but suggestions have included the Danaids or other vessel carriers, dancers, or priestesses, among others. This cast was conserved in winter 2014-2015. The image attached to this record is of the object as conserved. From January until July 2015, this object was exhibited in the Bartels Gallery, Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, as part of an exhibition titled "Cast and Present: Replicating Antiquity in the Museum and the Academy."
- Notes:
- Items in the Cornell Cast Collection are meant for inventory and reference purposes. Metadata may not be complete in all cases.
no. 5621 - Bibliography:
- Carol C. Mattusch, The Villa dei Papiri at Herculaneum: Life and Afterlife of a Sculpture Collection (Los Angeles: J. Paul Getty Museum, 2005), 206-208, 212-215
- Repository:
- Cornell University (current)
Naples, National Archaeological 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.