Frieze
ca.1884 (made)
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Cast of a frieze, plaster, showing a mask of the Sun-God, Apollo, particularly associated with Louis XIV. Also shown are fruit, flowers, serpents and cornucopias, or goats' horns filled with fruit and representing plenty.
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Materials and techniques | Plaster, cast |
Brief description | Cast of a frieze, plaster, taken from a 17th century stone frieze from the lost palace of the Tuileries in Paris, France, about 1884 |
Physical description | Cast of a frieze, plaster, showing a mask of the Sun-God, Apollo, particularly associated with Louis XIV. Also shown are fruit, flowers, serpents and cornucopias, or goats' horns filled with fruit and representing plenty. |
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Object history | Taken from a 17th century stone frieze from the lost palace of the Tuileries in Paris, showing a mask of the Sun-God, Apollo, particularly associated with Louis XIV. Also shown are fruit, flowers, serpents and cornucopias, or goats' horns filled with fruit and representing plenty. |
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Accession number | REPRO.1884-717 |
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Record created | July 12, 2005 |
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