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Source Description
Barye has traced the outlines of female attendants from the procession carved on the eastern frieze of the Parthenon. The artist presumably worked from an engraving or a plaster cast of the original sculptures, which are in the British Museum, London.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
23520
label
Tracings After the Parthenon Frieze
core
obj
dtoType
drawing
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
23520
sourceUrl
contentType
drawing
stage
normalized
title
Tracings After the Parthenon Frieze
description
Barye has traced the outlines of female attendants from the procession carved on the eastern frieze of the Parthenon. The artist presumably worked from an engraving or a plaster cast of the original sculptures, which are in the British Museum, London.
provenance
Mme Vildieu (born Georgine-Virginie-Henriette Barye); Fabius Frères, Paris; Walters Art Museum, 1949, by purchase.
date
1820s
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
sketches
drawing
leaf
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
17.8
height
29.8
dimensionsRaw
H: 7 x W: 11 3/4 in. (17.8 x 29.8 cm)
Source extras
med
pen and ink on tracing paper
creator_ids
6082
collection_ids
EAN
exhibition_ids
1956
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
d42582fe0f10c440