Parthenon frieze, North XIX, fig. 58
- Title:
- Parthenon frieze, North XIX, fig. 58
- Collection:
- Cornell Cast Collection
- Creator:
- Unknown (supervised by Phidias)
- Date:
- 447-432 BCE
2009 (image)
- Location:
- Warehouse
- ID Number:
- CCC_0456
- Accession Number:
- probably Sage no. 161
456 - File Name:
- CCC_0456.tif
- Culture:
- Classical Greek
- Work Type:
- casts (sculpture)
- Materials/Techniques:
- plaster
Marble (original) - Subject:
- Panathenaic procession
- Image View Type:
- overall
- Image View Description:
- from front
- Measurement:
- 35 x 54 (without bar) x 71 (with bar) x 5 (centimeters, height x width x width x diameter)
- Description:
- This is a fragment from the lower right corner of North XIX. It preserves the left calf and foot of a marshal (fig. 58) who faces right and some of the lower folds of his himation. These are overlapped by the rear and galloping hind legs of a horse moving to the left. Also included is part of the pole connecting the horse to the chariot it pulls. Part of this chariot is extant in the damaged original block.
- Notes:
- Items in the Cornell Cast Collection are meant for inventory and reference purposes. Metadata may not be complete in all cases.
- Bibliography:
- Caproni 96
Jenkins 91Tour of the Parthenon frieze, Greek Culture Ministry website:http://www.parthenonfrieze.gr/#/homeFlash animation reconstruction of the frieze:http://www.learn.columbia.edu/parthenon/flash/main.htm - 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.