The museum is one of the few surviving collections of plaster casts of ancient Greek and Roman sculpture in the world. Housed in the hard to pinpoint Sidgwick site on the campus, the collection consists of several hundred casts, including casts of some of the most famous surviving ancient Greek and Roman sculptures.
The Dying Gaul is from the second century BCE.
Triad of Gods from Paloma
Spinaro – Boy taking thorn from foot. I wonder if this is the same lad I saw in Barcelona?
The original Varakein Athena Parthnos was of gold and ivory on a wood core
Borghesu Ares was the weather god
Herculaneum pallas
Apollo Belvedere
Meleager was one of one of Jason’s Argonauts
Laocoon
This was cool. The Term Boxer was found during an excavation in Rome in 1885. I love that some was able to to take the photo
The Medici Venus is rising from the sea
The dying Alexander the Great
The Discobolus of Naukydus seems to be checking his messages!
The Farnese Hercules is shown resting after stealing Heperdies’ apples hidden behind his back is an immense 3.17 m/ 10′ tall
Eirene & Ploutus, Peace & Wealth are shown as mother and child
Rome became an empire under Octavian Augustus in 31 BCE
Antinous as Dionysos
Amelung’s Athena was created in the early 20th century following the original 36’/12m one at the Parthenon.
Niobe protecting one of her children
The Barborini Faun does some BCE man spreading !
Sleeping Ariadne
Athena of Versailles
Arrotino was a knife grinder
Aphrodite of Capua
The Wrestlers
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