architectural drawing
- Museum number
- 2015,5009.45
- Description
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Study of Metope East VIII from Temple C at Selinunte (Regional Archeological Museum Antonio Salinas, Palermo N.I.3920 C) showing Herakles and the Kerkopes; inscribed with notes and a scale.
Graphite and watercolour on oiled paper stuck down onto a second sheet
- Production date
- 1823
- Dimensions
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Height: 444 millimetres
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Width: 315 millimetres
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- Curator's comments
- Drawing from a collection of around 200 works on paper by the architects Samuel Angell and William Harris, relating to their trip and excavations on Sicily in 1822-1823. They visited Syracuse and Agrigento before travelling to Selinunte where, after finding archaic metopes, they started excavating and recording the temples and sculptures for future publication. Harris died in Selinunte in July 1823. Angell published their findings in 1826, which included an engraving of this drawing (Plate VIII) . For a brief overview see C. Marconi (2007) 'Temple Decoration and Cultural Identity in the Archaic Greek World: The Metopes of Selinus,' CUP: 133-134.
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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Exhibited:
2017-2018, 10 October-9 January, Museo Archeologico Antonino Salinas, Il British Museum al Salinas
- Associated titles
Associated Title: Sculptured Metopes discovered amongst the Ruins of the Temples of the Ancient City of Selinus in Sicily
- Acquisition date
- 1910
- Department
- Greek and Roman
- Registration number
- 2015,5009.45
