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Title
Classical scene (Achilles and Hector?)
Artist
Anonymous
Physical Description
This black and white drawing depicts an outdoor classical scene. In the center of the composition a nude male figure donning an ornate helmet and brandishing a sword drags a lifeless classically draped figure before an altar on the left on top of which rests armor, a helmet and drapery. Behind this altar is positioned another draped male figure. A fully draped figure points toward two mourning female figures in the right midground. The paper is squared for transfer.
Object Creation Date
circa 1770-1800
Accession Number
2012/2.204
Medium and Support
pen and ink over graphite, heightened with black and white chalk over Stylus (?) on medium buff wove paper, squared for transfer
relevance
rank 12.33068
Primary Keywords
classical
nudes
swords
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Title
The Sculptor
Artist
Peter Grippe
Physical Description
On the left the sculptor is shown working on a model of the woman on the right. There is an angel at the feet of the woman/muse.
Artist Life Dates
1912-2002
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1957
Accession Number
2013/2.531
Medium and Support
etching and drypoint on paper
relevance
rank 11.55966
Primary Keywords
abstract imagist
angels
classical revival
pedestals
sculptors
sculpture
women
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Title
Study of Louis XV Bust for a Gold Medal (1767)
Artist
Anonymous
Physical Description
A profile portrait of a man with a laurel wreath in his hair.
Century
18th century
Accession Number
2013/2.546
Medium and Support
pencil on paper
relevance
rank 11.55966
Primary Keywords
busts
classical revival
kings (people)
medallions (medals)
men
wreaths
Title
Proserpine
Artist
Hiram Powers
Physical Description
Bust-length white marble sculpture of a young female figure crowned with a plait of wheat and framed along the bottom with a wreath of sculpted acanthus leaves.
Artist Life Dates
1805 - 1873
Century
19th century
Object Creation Date
second version: modeled 1844; cut 1847
Accession Number
1991/2.40
Medium and Support
Seravezza marble
relevance
rank 9.55481
Primary Keywords
bust
bust-length
busts
classical
figures (representations)
legendary figures
marble
mythology
mythology (literary genre)
neoclassical
sculpture
woman
women
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