The Munich Oil Pourer
- Title:
- The Munich Oil Pourer
- Collection:
- Cornell Cast Collection
- Creator:
- Unknown (Roman copy)
possibly School of Lysippos (Greek original)
- Photographer:
- Alexandridis, Annetta
- Date:
- ca. 1890-1900
1st or 2nd c. CE (Roman copy)
mid to late 4th c. BCE (Greek original)
- Site:
- Unknown, probably discovered in Italy (original)
- Location:
- Warehouse
Unknown, probably discovered in Italy (original) - ID Number:
- CCC_0264
- Accession Number:
- Sage no. 118
118 in pen, 118 on right shoulder
264 - File Name:
- CCC_0264.tif
- Original Measurements:
- 183 (H w/o plinth
193 w/ plinth) cm (complete statue) - Culture:
- Roman, after Greek
- Style/Period:
- Roman Imperial, after Greek Classical
- Work Type:
- casts (sculpture)
- Materials/Techniques:
- plaster cast (sculpture)
marble sculpture in the round (original) - Subject:
- Athletes
- Image View Type:
- overall
- Image View Description:
- from front
- Measurement:
- 69 x 44 (centimeters, height x width)
- Description:
- This is a cast of the Munich Oil Pourer, a Roman copy of a statue perhaps produced by the school of Lysippos in the 4th c. BCE. In its complete form, the lean, well-muscled figure stands in contrapposto with his left leg straightened and his right leg bent. His feet are broadly parted and he appears to place weight on both feet. He held up his now-missing right arm to pour. He looks down at his left hand (missing in the original), which he holds in front of his abdomen. This record represents a separately produced section of the cast that includes the head, torso, and left arm of the athlete above the wrist. The torso of the figure is broken away at the front in a rounded section at the lower pectoral muscles, and also broken away at the right flank. A clean cast join line is preserved at the lower back. As the joins demonstrate, the left hand and right arm were included in this cast and were cast separately. This cast was made with restorations in place, most notably the entire right arm and the left hand. The restorations have been removed from the original. Additional copies of the Oil Pourer are known, for example one in Dresden (Albertinum, no. Hm. 67), and a head in Boston (MFA no. 04.11).
- Notes:
- Items in the Cornell Cast Collection are meant for inventory and reference purposes. Metadata may not be complete in all cases.
no. 302 - Bibliography:
- Andrew F. Stewart, "Lysippan Studies 2. Agias and Oilpourer," AJA 82 (1978), 301-313
- Related Work:
- ID nos. 264, 264a, and 280 belong together.
- Repository:
- Cornell University (current)
Munich, Glyptothek (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.