The 302 Artworks of media Plaster and containing the word danish unknown goldsmith, plaster

The monumental figure of enthroned Christ was located on the wall of the eastern closure of the southern aisle of the cathedral. In the same place in the northern aisle there was a depiction of the Nativity, which could have been painted by the same artist, and probably funded by the same person.Chr...

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This is an 18th-century plaster cast of the celebrated Roman marble statue known as the Venus of Arles, from the first century AD. The original stands in the Louvre in Paris. The Venus of Arles was inspired by an Aphrodite by Praxiteles from the fourth century BC. It was found in 1651 among the ruin...

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This is a 17th-century plaster cast taken from Trajan’s Column, after the original Roman column, made in marble in the second century AD. The plaster casts of the relief frieze on Trajan’s Column were ordered by King Louis XIV of France. Some of them were found in a sawmill outside Leiden in 1827. T...

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Faras Cathedral was attended by the faithful from the eighth through the fourteenth century AD. During that period it was refurbished several times. The model presents the state of preservation after the unearthing by archaeologists. It was a building in a square plan whose side measured about twent...

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When the main entrance to the cathedral in the western facade was walled over before AD 923, a flat recess replaced it in the interior, in the narthex. After being plastered, it was decorated with a depiction of enthroned Virgin Mary with Child, and archangels Michael and Gabriel painted on the side...

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This is a 19th-century plaster cast of a section of the Elgin Marbles from the British Museum in London. The Greek original, in marble, dates from the 5th century BC. Plaster casts of sections of the Elgin Marbles were ordered in London in 1819 by C.J.C. Reuvens, the first professor of archaeology i...

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The southern entrance to the cathedral was guarded by two portraits painted on the outside walls, the depiction of St Mercurius on the right side, and the portrait of an archangel holding a sword on the left side. Mercurius was a Roman soldier who died a martyr’s death in the second half of the thir...

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The partially preserved portrait of St Anne is one of the masterpieces of early Christian painting in Nubia. It presents a young woman with a calm and pensive expression who places a finger against her mouth. The inclined position of her head could indicate that the saint may have held her daughter ...

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The Greek inscription identifies the figure of the man as the saint father Amone the anchorite from Thone. It is one of the most beautiful early paintings from the cathedral. At the same time, it is one of only two known depictions of this Egyptian ascete from the fourth century AD It was St Anthony...

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Mother of God was the patronness saint of Faras Cathedral, and consequently Her depictions played a prominent role in the painterly decoration of the church. The portrait presenting Her with Infant Christ held in Her hands theologically emphasized the role of Mary as Theotokos, that is, the Mother o...

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The painting, dated to the second half of the tenth century AD, was discovered in one of the chapels of the cathedral. Because of its size, conservators divided it into two parts while still in Sudan. The painting shows two representatives of the highest authority in Nubia – the dark-skinned monarch...

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The partially preserved portrait of St Anne is one of the masterpieces of early Christian painting in Nubia. It presents a young woman with a calm and pensive expression who places a finger against her mouth. The inclined position of her head could indicate that the saint may have held her daughter ...

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The portrait of St John Chrysostom (AD c.350–407) was placed on the western wall of the Southern Chapel adjacent to the southern aisle of the cathedral. The ascetic and preacher of Antioch was presented according to the formula developed about midway through the seventh century AD. The painting is a...

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The portrait of bishop Faras, Marianos, is one of the most beautiful and well-preserved portraits of ecclesiastical officials in Nubia. It was discovered on the eastern wall of the Southern Chapel, adjacent to the southern aisle of the cathedral. Numerous portrayals of Nubian clergymen on the walls ...

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Aus einer Kupferlegierung gegossene Flasche in Form einer stehenden, nackten Frau. Sie hält die Arme vor der Brust verschränkt; ihre Haare liegen offen auf der Schulter und um den Hals trägt sie einen Reif. Der Kopf mündet oben in einer weiten Öffnung: wahrscheinlich handelt es sich um ein Schminkge...

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Sainted Apostles Peter and John were depicted on the northern wall of the northern aisle, near the western corner. They stand next to each other, dressed in the traditional costume of ancient philosophers: a white tunic (chiton) decorated on the forefront with two vertical, red stripes (Latin: clavi...

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When the main entrance to the cathedral in the western facade was walled over before AD 923, a flat recess replaced it in the interior, in the narthex. After being plastered; it was decorated with a depiction of enthroned Virgin Mary with Child, and archangels Michael and Gabriel painted on the side...

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When the main entrance to the cathedral in the western facade was walled over before AD 923, a flat recess replaced it in the interior, in the narthex. After being plastered, it was decorated with a depiction of enthroned Virgin Mary with Child, and archangels Michael and Gabriel painted on the side...

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The Statue of Jupiter is by a Roman Flavian sculptor. The composition and manner of execution of the statue, as well as its character generally are reminiscent of the renowned Classical period Zeus by Phidias, made for the Temple of Zeus at Olympia. The statue has not come down to our day, but in An...

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