Bust (reproduction)

Museum number:
21-2
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
8-3426 (previous museum number (recataloged from)) and 8-5002 (previous museum number (recataloged from))
Accession number:
Acc.147 and Acc.193
Description:
Cast of “Bust of a Greek philosopher”. Found by Eugene Hambar at “The Baths of Diana” Smyrna. Molded in Smyrna. Both original marbles were bought by the Royal Brussels Museum. The subjects were probably statesmen or teachers of local renown. The workmanship is of the best imperial age (2nd century).
Donor:
Alfred Emerson and M. Boissé
Collection place:
Brussels, Flanders, Belgium
Verbatim coll. place:
Plaster cast of a portrait bust in Brussels
Collector:
Alfred Emerson
Collection date:
ca. 1904
Materials:
Plaster
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Busts (sculpture)
Accession date:
1904 and 1905
Department:
Casts and molds
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bust (reproduction), accession number 21-2, described as Cast of “Bust of a Greek philosopher”. Found by Eugene Hambar at “The Baths of Diana” Smyrna. Molded in Smyrna. Both original marbles were bought by the Royal Brussels Museum. The subjects were probably statesmen or teachers of local renown. The workmanship is of the best imperial age (2nd century).Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bust (reproduction), accession number 21-2, described as Cast of “Bust of a Greek philosopher”. Found by Eugene Hambar at “The Baths of Diana” Smyrna. Molded in Smyrna. Both original marbles were bought by the Royal Brussels Museum. The subjects were probably statesmen or teachers of local renown. The workmanship is of the best imperial age (2nd century).

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