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North Frieze Slab 41: Cavalcade
North Frieze Slab 41: Cavalcade
| Collection: | London, British Museum |
| Title: | Parthenon, North Frieze slab 41 |
| Context: | From Athens, Acropolis |
| Findspot: | Found at Athens, Acropolis |
| Summary: | Cavalcade |
| Sculptor: | Literary attestation to Pheidias |
| Material: | Marble |
| Sculpture Type: | Architectural |
| Category: | Statuary group |
| Placement: | North side |
| Style: | High Classical |
| Original or Copy: | Original |
| Date: | 447 BC - 432 BC |
| Dimensions: | H 1.06 m |
| Scale: | Under life-size |
| Region: | Attica |
| Period: | High Classical |
| In Group: | Parthenon Frieze |
Subject Description:
Cavalcade: three and one half groups of overlapping horse and rider groups move to left. All four riders wear chiton and chlamys. Last rider on right, whose cloak billows up behind him, turns to look back to right.
Condition: Fragmentary
Condition Description:
Both upper corners and lower left corners are missing. Acropolis Museum no. 1150 is a fragment of this slab. Surface is in relatively good condition.
Material Description:
Pentelic Marble
Associated Building: Athens, Parthenon
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