Sujet

Remains of supposed statue of Artemisia, 1861. Creators: John Jessop Hardwick, Unknown.

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Remains of supposed statue of Artemisia, 1861. '...colossal statue, representing a female standing...restored as far as possible, though, unfortunately, still wanting a head. It not improbably formed a companion to the [supposed statue of Mausolus, her husband and brother], in which case it would not be an unreasonable conjecture to assign it as that of Artemesia, the founder of the mausoleum. The caste of the figure is noble and easy; the drapery gracefully, nay, grandly, disposed. From the remains of that portion still visible on the shoulders it appears that the peplus, or shawl, which forms the only garment superadded to the tunic, was carried over the head like a veil...[It is one of several] sculptured remains, the result of the excavations conducted by Mr. C. T. Newton, when Vice-Consul at Mitylene, on the site and in the neighbourhood of the mausoleum at Halicarnassus, now known by the Turkish name of Budrum, in Asia Minor. These works are of the date of the middle of the fourth century [BCE] - the very best period of Greek art; and their interest and value to the connoisseur and the student of art cannot be overrated, being superior to that of many of the collections which now fill the spacious avenues of the British Museum'. From "Illustrated London News", 1861.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Notre référence

HRM23B24_276

Model release

NA

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Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

7,5Mo (538,1Ko) / 10,0cm x 18,7cm / 1186 x 2212 (300dpi)

Mots clés

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