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Plaster Cast of Demeter of Knidos

1916.05.0005

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Basic Information

Artifact Identification Plaster Cast of Demeter of Knidos   (1916.05.0005)
Classification/
Nomenclature
  1. Communication Artifacts
    2. :
  2. Art
    3. :
  3. N/A
Artist/Maker Brucciani and Co., London.
Geographic Location
Period Hellenistic
Date 325 BCE
Culture Greek?

Physical Analysis

Dimension 1 (Height) 150.8 cm
Dimension 2 (Width) 81.3 cm
Dimension 3 (Depth) 56.4 cm
Weight waived g
Measuring Remarks Under Review
Materials Plaster
Manufacturing Processes Cast

Research Remarks

Description

An ancient corn goddess, Ceres was identified with the Greek goddess Demeter at an early date and as a result of this association became one of the twelve great deities of the Roman pantheon. This is a replica of the Greek work found in the ruins of ancient Cnidus, a city of Caria, at the extreme southwest corner of modern Turkey. In the original, the head, of superior workmanship, is Parien marble. The body, of no more than adequate workmanship, is of inferior local marble. Original in the British Museum.
Published Description Under Review
Bibliography

British Museum. Dept. of Greek and Roman Antiquities.
A catalogue of sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman antiquities, British Museum. by A. H. Smith. London, the Trustees, 1892-1904. 3v.
v.2, p.203, No. 1300.

British Museum.
List of casts from sculptures, etc. in the Departments of Antiquities sold by Messrs. Brucciani & Co. London, the Trustees, 1905. p.40. (In Source Donor File)

Artifact History

Credit Line/Dedication Classical Museum Purchase
Reproduction yes, Original is in the British Museum. Sculpture 1300. British Museum Collection Database. 1859,1226.26 www.britishmuseum.org/collection, British Museum, last modified 5/5/2013. Online. Accessed 5/9/2013. Reproduction produced by Brucciani & Co. for the British Museum.

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