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Plaster Cast of Greek Statue: Polyhymnia, Polymnia, Hesiod

1948.01.0055

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Basic Information

Artifact Identification Plaster Cast of Greek Statue: Polyhymnia, Polymnia, Hesiod   (1948.01.0055)
Classification/
Nomenclature
  1. Communication Artifacts
    2. :
  2. Art
    3. :
  3. N/A
Artist/Maker Unknown
Geographic Location
Period Hellenistic
Date 323 – 146 BCE
Culture Greek
Location Not on Exhibit

Physical Analysis

Dimension 1 (Length) 191.6 cm
Dimension 2 (Depth) 96.4 cm
Dimension 3 (Width) 44.5 cm
Weight waived g
Measuring Remarks N/A
Materials Plaster
Manufacturing Processes Cast

Research Remarks

Description N/A
Published Description N/A
Bibliography

Cécile Giroire and Daniel Roger, Roman Art from the Louvre. New York/Manchester, VT: American Federation of Arts/Hudson Hills Press, 2007, pp. 29, 38, 254-55.

Scroggs, George. Catalogue of the Art Gallery, Illinois Industrial University, 1876
Champaign: , 1876.
Location: Library of the University of Illinois or on UI Histories Project at http://uihistories.library.illinois.edu/cgi-bin/rview?REPOSID=8&ID=8142.

University Archives, Box 12/3/4. An Inventory of the Art Department’s Holdings Titled Art Gallery Inventory

Artifact History

Credit Line/Dedication John Milton Gregory Collection
Reproduction yes, Roman copy of original in the Louvre.

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