Parthenon frieze, East VI, fig. 38
- Title:
- Parthenon frieze, East VI, fig. 38
- Collection:
- Cornell Cast Collection
- Creator:
- Unknown (supervised by Phidias)
- Photographer:
- Alexandridis, Annetta
- Date:
- ca. 1890-1900
447-432 BCE
2009 (image)
- Site:
- Athens, Greece (original)
- Location:
- Warehouse
Athens, Greece (original) - ID Number:
- CCC_0406
- Accession Number:
- probably Sage no. 161
30(?) incised in cast in upper left edge
406 - File Name:
- CCC_0406.tif
- Culture:
- Greek
- Style/Period:
- High Classical
- Work Type:
- casts (sculpture)
- Materials/Techniques:
- plaster cast (sculpture)
marble bas-relief (sculpture technique) (original) - Subject:
- Parthenon (Athens, Greece)
Processions, Religious
Panathenaia
Poseidon (Greek deity) - Image View Type:
- overall
- Image View Description:
- from front
- Measurement:
- 78 (maximum) x 51 (maximum) x 3.5 (centimeters, height x width x diameter)
- Description:
- This is a fragment of a cast of a section of East VI. Poseidon sits on a stool facing right to watch the procession, his curly-haired and bearded head depicted in profile, and his torso in three-quarter pose. His chest is bared, a himation covers his lower body. The god's right arm hangs at his side, and his left arm is bent to hold a triton, which was painted in the original. In this fragment, Poseidon's legs are missing from the knees down, as are the legs of his stool.
- 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), 98
Ian Jenkins, The Parthenon Frieze (Austin: University of Texas Press, 1994), 80 - Related Work:
- From same frieze block as ID no. 492 (fragment of Apollo's drapery), but not an adjoining fragment.
- 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.