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A LARGE AND IMPRESSIVE PLASTER MODEL OF PALLAS VELLETRI MODERN, AFTER THE ANTIQUE The goddess portrayed fully draped and with coiled necklace, partial cast lacking arms and head 275cm high Catalogue Note: Likely derived from a cast acquired at Sotheby's New York, Historic Casts from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 28 February 2006, lot 139 'an over life size classical statue of Athena'. The circa 1st AD Roman marble original, in turn a copy after a Greek bronze prototype, was unearthed in 1797 and has been on display at the Louvre, Paris, since 1803. Plaster casts of the statue were made soon after its discovery, some are noted in F. Haskell and N. Penny, Taste and the Antique, Yale University Press, first published 1981, pp. 284-5 Condition Report: This cast is lacking arms and head. There are 'slots' present where these could be slotted in and perhaps were in the original cast. There are some very minor surface marks and scuffs to the surface including the toga, with small losses to the simulated stone finish. There are areas of irregular shape to the edges of the toga and the plinth, though this may possibly be because the original has losses and this is reflected in the plaster. There is an area of slightly, subtly darker colour to the rear of the toga which is possibly an area of repair. The measurements: 275 cm high The base dimensions (which is part of the statue) are 75cm x 95cm x 20cm Condition Report Disclaimer