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Demeter Bust - Item #441

Name: Demeter Bust - Item #441
Brand: Caproni Collection
SKU: demeter-bust-item-441-fw
Price: 680.0 USD
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Each piece is custom finished. Depending on a sculpture’s texture and level of detail, the look of a patina can vary. A slight variation in color from order to order is to be expected.

Unless otherwise noted, our reproductions are hand cast in plaster and reinforced with burlap, fiber strands, and/or metal rods for extra strength.

FLAT WHITE: A unified, matte white finish. This is the optimum patina for cast drawing as it allows focus on form.

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WHITE PATINA: A white finish with a light ivory tone added to the top surfaces.

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LIGHT ANTIQUE PLASTER: A soft mixture of whites, grays, and yellows to replicate the look of an aged plaster cast.

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ANTIQUE PLASTER: A dramatic mixture of grays and yellows to replicate the look of an aged plaster cast.

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BRONZE: A rich brown finish with golden highlights to replicate the look of bronze.

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STONE: A mixture of lighter tones to resemble natural stone.

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DARK STONE: A mixture of darker tones to resemble natural stone.

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SANDSTONE: A soft base color with warm highlights to resemble the look of natural sandstone.

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TERRA COTTA: A variation of warm tones to resemble terra cotta.

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ASSYRIAN STONE (Applies only to item numbers 3, 4, 5, 6 and 738): A two-tone patina augmenting the shallow relief sculpture and its stone texture.

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TANAGRA PATINA (Applies only to item numbers 317, 318, 319, 320, 396 and 813): A finish that replicates the colors of the Tanagra figurines as shown in the product images.

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22.5 Inches High x 10.5 Inches Wide x 10 Inches Deep

The original, life-size statue from which this bust was cast shows Demeter seated on a throne. It was located in the Sanctuary of Demeter at Knidos which was a Greek island and city in modern-day Turkey. The sanctuary was built at around the same time as the re-founding of the city, circa 350 B.C.E. Demeter is the Greek goddess of agriculture and fertility, and is also associated with the Underworld.

The goddess is typically depicted as a modest, matronly figure, as she is in the full sculpture. Her head is turned slightly to her left, and she wears a himation (a wrap) that also covers the back of her head. Her curls cascade from behind her ears onto her shoulders and chest. There is an apparent line of separation at the details carved at the collarbone area, and this can be attributed to the head and body being carved from separate pieces of marble. The head is simply placed in a socket at the neck.

As a whole, the statue of Demeter has been very well preserved and is an excellent example of Hellenistic Greek sculpture. There is damage to her face – on her mouth, chin, and nose – but we have restored the nose in our cast in keeping with some historic casts of this bust. Although Demeter’s lower arms and hands have been lost, it is thought that she would have been holding a libation bowl or a torch. The arms of the throne are missing as well, as is the back of it. In addition, her feet are missing and there is damage to her knees and right calf. Scholars have attributed this statue to the Athenian sculptor Leochares, who is also the attribution for such masterpieces as the Apollo Belvedere and the Diana of Versailles.

Artist: Attributed to Leochares

Museum: British Museum, London

Time Period: Ancient Greek, circa 350 B.C.E.

1911 Catalog ID # - 4025

Sources:

Collins, Neil. "Leochares." Art Encyclopedia. Visual-arts-cork.com, 2022, http://www.visual-arts-cork.com/sculpture/leochares.htm.

"Demeter of Knidos." Cornell University Library Digital Collections, https://digital.library.cornell.edu/catalog/ss:946106.

"Demeter of Knidos." Museum of Classical Archaeology Databases. University of Cambridge, UK, https://museum.classics.cam.ac.uk/collections/casts/demeter-knidos.

The Editors of Encyclopædia Britannica. "Demeter." Encyclopædia Britannica, https://www.britannica.com/topic/Demeter.

"Head of Demeter of Knidos." Cornell University Library Digital Collections, https://digital.library.cornell.edu/catalog/ss:2577536.

"Marble statue of Demeter." Google Arts & Culture, https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/marble-statue-of-demeter/iAGScv9ZxUJAJA?hl=en.

"Statue." Museum number 1859,1226.26. British Museum, https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/G_1859-1226-26.

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