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Architectural model made by C.WALGER
Pageant or Unknown Greek Woman
Architectural model made by C.WALGER
Dyonisos Theater in AthènesPart of the collection of the University Museum of Louvain-la-Neuve, since 1927(?). Architectural model with stamped relief mark: C. WALGER Fec. Berlin.
For other such model, bibliography, information about C. Walger's workshop, please contact :
Bernard Van den Driessche
Musée de Louvain-la-Neuve
E-mail : vddfamille@yahoo.fr ou bernard.vandendriessche@uclouvain.be
Museum of LLN inv. n°MA305
Pageant or Unknown Greek Woman
Major cast reference for art academies in Japan !This is called "Pageant" or "Unknown Greek Woman," one of the most
popularly used bust in art academies in Japan, but it's original is
unidentified.
There is a marble bust in Uffizi Gallery with the exactly same head, but
its body is different. (And the Uffizi catalog says its bust is modern.)
It is known that classical cast sculptures were first imported from
Europe in the late 19th century and have become major educatioinal tools
for art academies in Japan. And I wonder if the cast like "Pageant" also
exists in Europe, not only in Japan.
So, please let me know if you remember any cast sculpture which looks
like this.
From :
Shinya Araki
The University of Tokyo, graduate school of arts and sciences
JSPS Research Fellow
E mail : araki.shinya@gmail.com
Max Landsberg
Purebred plaster castsWe are looking for informations about this kindof objects (bibliography, catalogue, other examples of collections) !
Please contact :
Bernard Van den Driessche
Musée de Louvain-la-Neuve
E-mail : vddfamille@yahoo.fr or bernard.vandendriesdsche@uclouvain.be
Greek stele in the Louvre for Noumenios from Kition
Looking for drawings copyI am currently studying many copies of drawings of Greek stelai and especially this one.
This drawing was published in Antiquities of Attica, Suppl. Volume 1830, and and a tomb-stele in Copenhagen by the sculptor Hermann Ernst Freund is dated to 1836.
Are you aware of such very close copies in your respective countries? There are none in Scandinavia , none in England, none in Germany (I believe) and none in Holland (according to Ruurd Halbertsma).
I still wonder if any artist in your countries copied Greek stelai in the same way ?
I look very much forward to hearing your answers.
Please contact :
Jan Zahle
Seniorforsker, dr.phil.
Gothersgade 135
DK-1123 København K
+45 3314 1645
jan.zahle@adslhome.
Search for the Farnese Hercules
From the University of Texas in AustinSearch for the Farnese Hercules
6 July 2007
At the University of Texas in Austin, we are building a new museum dedicated to the history of physical culture and sports. In the design of the museum we are including several statues from the famous Battle Collection of plaster casts located here on campus--the Boxer, the Wrestlers, Diana the Huntress, etc. However, the Battle Collection does not include a full size copy of the Farnese Hercules, which we very much want to include. So, I am writing to see if you and any of your associates might know of a large copy of the Farnese that could be acquired by us to use as one of the centerpieces of our new facility. It is our hope that we might be able to find one stored away someplace which we might be able to purchase for the new museum. We are looking for one close to the original size (3+ meters) as we plan on putting it in the main lobby as visitors enter the museum and the large size is, therefore desired.
If you have any suggestions, I'd be very grateful.
Jan Todd
Roy J. Mclean Fellow in Sport History
Stark Center for Physical Culture and Sports
The University of Texas at Austin
Email: j.todd@mail.utexas.edu
Answer : Please look here ...
and contact : moulagest@kmkg-mrah.be
