Cast Gallery catalogue number: A085
Heads of two elders.
- Plaster cast: Height: 28cm.
- Copy of a fragment of a marble frieze.
- The frieze:
- is from the north side of the Parthenon.
- was made about 440 BC.
The marble fragment is now in Vienna, Kunsthistorisches Museum.
Detailed Record
Commentary Prepared by Dr. Julia Lenaghan, Ashmolean Museum
A 085
Elders (Slab 9); Parthenon Frieze North
Marble (Pentelic)
Frieze
W (pres.) 29.5 cm
The exact provenance of the fragment is undocumented.
Austria, Vienna, Kunsthistorisches Museum
High Classical, ca. 440-432 BC
Preservation:The fragment is broken on all sides except for the top, where the original upper rim of the slab is preserved. The surface is slightly weathered, with the noses of both figures abraded, but otherwise in good condition.
Description:Depicted are the heads of two bearded men, the one on the right facing to the left following the general movement of the procession, the other turned back.
Discussion:The fragment belongs to a slab with a procession of elders, similar to A 84.
Bibliography:F. Brommer,
Der Parthenonfries (Mainz 1977) 32 pl. 63
A very detailed study of the Parthenon frieze including previous bibliography and ample photographic documentation.I. Jenkins,
The Parthenon Frieze (London 1994) 87
The latest official documentation of the frieze by the British Museum. Jenkins has renumbered some of the slabs and put them in a different order.E. Berger and M. Gisler-Huwiler,
Der Parthenon in Basel. Dokumentation zum Fries (Basel 1996) 67-68 pls. 49-51
Detailed study of the Parthenon frieze based on the reconstruction in the Basel cast collection, including an extensive bibliography.
