Plaster cast of Boy of Subiaco

• Reference:GB 1694 PC/021
• Dates of Creation:Mid 19th century-early 20th century
• Physical Description:
  1 item

• Scope and Content

  This item was lost in the fire in The Mackintosh Building at The Glasgow School of Art on 15th June 2018.
  
  Original: From the group of Niobe and her children at the Galleria Uffizi, Florence, Italy, originally found in Rome in 1583. Niobe boasted about her 14 children (the Niobids) to Leto, mother to only Artemis and Apollo. Leto demanded her children take revenge upon Niobe's hubris. Using arrows, Artemis killed Niobe's daughters and Apollo killed Niobe's sons. This cast shows one son cowering from the onslaught.

• Acquisition Information

  Acquired in 1901 from Brussels. Listed in 1964/5 inventory as located in the museum and passage ways of the Mackintosh Building (GSAA/GOV/7/5).

• Physical Characteristics and/or Technical Requirements

  Dimensions: 1320 x 110 x 420 mm (Plinth: 630 x 1220 x 508 mm)

• Related Material

  GSAAGOV/7/5

• Additional Information

  Published

• Subjects

  15th June 2018

  Sculpture

  Teaching materials

  Portraits

  Casts (sculpture)

• Geographical Names

  Italy