Box of fragments from statue casts
- Title:
- Box of fragments from statue casts
- Collection:
- Cornell Cast Collection
- Creator:
- Unknown
- Photographer:
- Alexandridis, Annetta
- Date:
- ca. 1890-1900
Terpsichore: mid 2nd c. BCE to 2nd c. CE
others
2009 (image)
- Site:
- Terpsichore: Villa of Cassius, Tivoli, Italy (discovery site, 1774)
others (original) - Location:
- Warehouse
Terpsichore: Villa of Cassius, Tivoli, Italy (discovery site, 1774)
others (original) - ID Number:
- CCC_0346
- Accession Number:
- Sage no. 316 and others
346 - File Name:
- CCC_0346.tif
- Original Measurements:
- Terpsichore: 139 (H) cm (complete statue)
various - Culture:
- Roman, after Hellenistic
others - Style/Period:
- Roman late Republican or early Imperial
others - Work Type:
- casts (sculpture)
- Materials/Techniques:
- plaster cast (sculpture)
marble sculpture in the round (original) - Subject:
- Muses (Greek deities)
Terpsichore (Greek deity) - Image View Type:
- overall
- Image View Description:
- from front
- Measurement:
- various
- Description:
- This is a box with approximately 10 fragments from casts of statues. Within the box is a bag labeled "Terpsichore, old No. 316", which contains several fragments from Cornell's cast of Terpsichore from the Vatican (see ID nos. 135 and 533). The statues to which the other fragments in this box belong are unspecified and unknown. Two of the fragments are painted black. Box with around 10 specific frgs. (with one bag labeled: Terpsichore, old No. 316)
- Notes:
- Items in the Cornell Cast Collection are meant for inventory and reference purposes. Metadata may not be complete in all cases.
Terpsichore: Museo Pio Clementino no. 308 - Related Work:
- Large fragments of Terpsichore cast are ID nos. 135 and 533.
- Repository:
- Cornell University (current)
Rome, Vatican Museums (original)
others (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.