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A MONUMENTAL PLASTER MODEL OF THESEUS FROM THE TEMPLE OF ZEUS AT OLYMPIA
Lot 141

A MONUMENTAL PLASTER MODEL OF THESEUS FROM THE TEMPLE OF ZEUS AT OLYMPIA

AFTER THE ANTIQUE, CIRCA 1900

Closed9 October 2012

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GBP 63,650

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A MONUMENTAL PLASTER MODEL OF THESEUS FROM THE TEMPLE OF ZEUS AT OLYMPIA
AFTER THE ANTIQUE, CIRCA 1900
The hands modelled to hold an axe aloft, in five sections
110 in. (279 cm.) high; 49 in. (124 cm.) wide; 24 in. (61 cm.) deep
approx.

Historic plaster casts from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Sotheby's New York, 28 February 2006, lot 154.

Specialist note

The 5th century BC Greek marble original is part of the collection of the Archaeological Museum, Olympia, Greece.
Illustrated in situ in the cast gallery at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York circa 1907, see the illustration accompanying lots 21 and 22 in this sale.

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