PLASTER CAST OF THE PARTHENON FRIEZE, JOHN HENNING (ENGLISH 1771-1851)
19TH CENTURY
£938
Auction: Day Two: 19 May 2022 | From 11:00
Description
the single panel with six frieze bands depicting classical figures in relief, mounted in a period carved wood frame
Dimensions
34cm high, 130cm wide; 185cm overall
Provenance
Provenance: Purchased in these rooms, The Lord and Lady Sutherland of Houndwood Collection, Lyon & Turnbull, 5 July 2017, lot 14
Footnote
Note: The Parthenon frieze was famously brought to London by Lord Elgin in the early 1800s, and exhibited in his house on the corner of Park Lane and Piccadilly from 1808. It features Great Panathenaia, the festival in Athens in honour of the Goddess Athena, and is now on display to the public in the Acropolis Museum in the city. The Scottish sculptor, John Henning, was one of the first to see Elgin's collection and following his visit created models of both the Parthenon and Phigaleian friezes, using carved slate moulds. It took twelve years to complete the reliefs, many of which were signed, as well as numbered and labelled according to the original location of the friezes.