Plaster cast of Parthenon Frieze (West Frieze II)

• Reference:GB 1694 PC/016G
• Dates of Creation:19th century
• Physical Description:
  1 item

• Scope and Content

  Original: Designed by Pheidias, 447-432BC. Horsemen. It is generally agreed that the frieze depicts (in narrative form) the Greater Panathenaic procession from the Leokoreion by the Dipylon gate to the Acropolis, was mooted by Stuart and Revett in the second volume of their Antiquities of Athens, 1787.

• Acquisition Information

  Listed in 1964/5 inventory as located in the museum and passage ways of the Mackintosh Building (GSAA/GOV/7/5). Listed in first inventory of casts (GSAA/GOV/7/1) as of the Greek style, attributed to Phidias and purchased from Brucciani.

• Physical Characteristics and/or Technical Requirements

  Dimensions: 1041 x 1460 mm

• Custodial History

  Original in British Museum.

• Related Material

  GSAA/GOV/7/1; GSAA/GOV/7/5

• Additional Information

  Published

• Subjects

  Sculpture

  Teaching materials

  Casts (sculpture)

• Geographical Names

  Greece