Plaster cast of Crouching Discobolos

• Reference:GB 1694 PC/010
• Dates of Creation:19th 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: The Discobolus of Myron is a famous lost Greek bronze original that was completed towards the end of the Severe period, c460-450 BC. It is known through numerous Roman copies, both full-scale ones in marble, such as the first to be recovered, the Palombara Discobolus, or smaller scaled versions in bronze. Bought from Brucciani. Original currently in the collection of the British Museum, London, UK.

• Acquisition Information

  Listed under 'Statues' in 'Catalogue of Books, Casts etc. of the School of Ornamental Art, Glasgow' (GSAA/GOV/7/1).

• Physical Characteristics and/or Technical Requirements

  Dimensions: 1480 x 780 x 510 mm (Plinth: 740 x 750 x 746 mm)

• Custodial History

  Loaned to McLellan Galleries 1 May 1997- 30 September 1997 for 'The Birth of Impressionism' Exhibition (22 May - 7 September 1997).

• Related Material

  GSAA/GOV/7/1

• Additional Information

  Published

• Subjects

  15th June 2018

  Portraits

  Sculpture

  Teaching materials

  Casts (sculpture)

• Geographical Names

  Greece

  Italy