Bust (reproduction)

Museum number:
21-1
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21210000001
Alternate number:
8-3425 (previous museum number (recataloged from)), 8-5001 (previous museum number (recataloged from)), CC 008 (Classics Department Number), and NO-TEMP241 (attributed PAHMA number, possibly)
Accession number:
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
Collection place:
Baths of Diana, Smyrna
Verbatim coll. place:
Plaster cast of a portrait bust in Brussels; copy of original found at the Baths of Diana in Smyrna.
Culture or time period:
Ancient Greece
Collector:
Alfred Emerson
Collection date:
ca. 1904
Materials:
Plaster
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Busts (sculpture)
Production date:
Imperial age (2nd century)
Accession date:
1905
Department:
Casts and molds
Title:
Bust of a Greek philosopher
Loans:
S2005-2006 #3: Department of Classics (UC Berkeley)/Stephen G. Miller (September 23, 2005–September 23, 2006) and S2009-2010 #12 [DEFUNCT]: Academy of Art University (dates unknown)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bust (reproduction), accession number 21-1, 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 21-1, 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 21-1, 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 21-1, 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 21-1, 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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