Plaster Cast: Hera of Samos

1912.02.0003

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Basic Information

Artifact Identification Plaster Cast: Hera of Samos   (1912.02.0003)
Classification/
Nomenclature
  1. Communication Artifacts
  2. :
  3. Art
  4. :
  5. N/A
Artist/Maker None
Geographic Location
Period/Date Archaic Period (800 - 480 BC), 590 – 550 BCE
Culture Ancient Greek

Physical Analysis

Dimension 1 (Height) 190.8 cm
Dimension 2 (Width) 58.4 cm
Dimension 3 (Depth) 39.0 cm
Weight waived g
Measuring Remarks H Remeasured on 2/10/12 185.42 cm H
Materials Plaster, Pigment--Paint
Manufacturing Processes Cast, Painting
Munsell Color Information waived

Research Remarks

Published Description N/A
Description N/A
Comparanda N/A
Bibliography

M. Collignon: Hist. de la Sculp. Gr., I, p. 162-4, fig. 73. C. Picard: Man. d'Arch. Gr., La Sculpture, I, p. 545-6; 233, fig. 73; p. 645; pl V. G. Richter: Sculpture and Sculptors, p. 37. -----: Archaic Greek Art, p. 103-4; fig. 165. F. Charbonneaux: La Sculpture Gr. Archaique, pl. 28. E. Gardner: Hdbk. of Gr. Sculp., p. 117-19, fig. 11. E. v.Mach: Hdbk. of Gr. and Rom. Sculp., and Univ. Prints, pl. 22. Brunn-Bruckmann: Denkmaler, pl. 56. E. Buschor: Altsamische Standbilder (1934), p. 25f., fig.. 86-9, 107. Record Book, p. 47: Sept. 1912; $30.00.

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Artifact History

Archaeological Data N/A
Credit Line/Dedication Classical Museum Purchase
Reproduction yes
Reproduction Information Original in Louvre, Paris.

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