Parthenon frieze:
after Phidias (5th century BC)
Category
Art / Sculpture
Date
Unknown
Materials
wood & plaster
Measurements
90 x 330 mm
Order this imageCollection
Calke Abbey, Derbyshire (Accredited Museum)
On show at
Not on show
NT 291330.7
Summary
Miniature plaster replica of the Parthenon frieze, framed in sections in mahogany cases with glass on top. The frieze sculpture relief is moulded in section and the sections joined within the frame. g). A short frame containing one section of plaster Parthenon frieze and a blank. The figures move towards the right with a chariot pulled by deer behind a man with a shield struggling with a woman, two women, one with a shield, in front. See also CAL/SC/105a-m.
Makers and roles
after Phidias (5th century BC), sculptor