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L\u0027all\u00e9gorie de la Sculpture grecque est incarn\u00e9e par une femme assise, demi-nue, tenant un ciseau et un maillet ; un G\u00e9nie portant une torche se tient debout entre ses genoux. \u00c0 gauche, une statue de Zeus tr\u00f4nant, proche du Zeus d\u0027Olympie sculpt\u00e9 par Phidias, est pos\u00e9e sur une selle orn\u00e9e d\u0027une guirlande de fleurs et de fruits. Derri\u00e8re cette statue, on aper\u00e7oit l\u0027Erecht\u00e9ion de l\u0027Acropole d\u0027Ath\u00e8nes. \u00c0 droite, un rouleau au nom du sculpteur Phidias g\u00eet au pied de la figure all\u00e9gorique principale. En arri\u00e8re-plan \u00e0 droite, on voit successivement un vase sculpt\u00e9, un laurier rose, un tr\u00e9pied sacrificiel et la fa\u00e7ade ouest du Parth\u00e9non (temple d\u0027Ath\u00e9na Parth\u00e9nos sur l\u0027Acropole d\u0027Ath\u00e8nes).","inscriptions":"Inscription : \r ; \u00ab \u03a6\u0399\u0394\u0399\u0391\u03a3 \u00bb [Phidias], \u00ab \u039a\u0391L[...] \u00bb (sur le rouleau, en bas \u00e0 droite)\r ; Signature : \r ; \u00ab \u03bd. \u0392\u03af\u03ad\u03bd\u03bd\u03bf\u03c5\u03c1\u03c1\u03d2\/ \u03b1\u03ce\u03be\u03b6 \u00bb [V. Biennourry 1866] (en haut \u00e0 gauche)","namesAndTitles":"","onomastics":"","dimension":[{"type":"Hauteur","value":"1,8","displayDimension":"1,8 m","unit":"m","anteriorPrecision":"","posteriorPrecision":"","tri":1,"note":""},{"type":"Largeur","value":"2,8","displayDimension":"2,8 m","unit":"m","anteriorPrecision":"","posteriorPrecision":"","tri":3,"note":""}],"shape":"","materialsAndTechniques":"huile sur toile (maroufl\u00e9e sur enduit)","placeOfCreation":"","dateOfDiscovery":"","placeOfDiscovery":"","provenance":"","historicalContext":[],"objectHistory":"Command\u00e9 \u00e0 l\u0027artiste le 27 juin 1865, ensemble avec six autres d\u00e9cors peints, pour la somme totale de 15 000 francs ; achev\u00e9 et install\u00e9 in situ (marouflage) en 1866 ; inscrit \u00e0 l\u0027inventaire suppl\u00e9mentaire du d\u00e9partement des Peintures du mus\u00e9e du Louvre, sous le n\u00b0 \u0022INV. 20032 B\u0022, en 1958 ; restaur\u00e9 (d\u00e9crassage) par Maria-Letizia Profiri, Virginie Trotignon-Aubert et Marielle Doyon-Crimail en 2023.","jabachInventory":"","napoleonInventory":"","previousOwner":[],"acquisitionDetails":[{"mode":"commande","doubt":"","dates":[{"type":"date de d\u00e9cision","value":"27\/06\/1865","startYear":1865,"endYear":1865}]}],"ownedBy":"Etat","heldBy":"Mus\u00e9e du Louvre, D\u00e9partement des Peintures","longTermLoanTo":"","index":{"Mode d\u0027acquisition":[{"value":"commande"}]},"bibliography":[{"bibliographyRef":"Compin, Isabelle ; Roquebert, Anne, Catalogue sommaire illustr\u00e9 des peintures du mus\u00e9e du Louvre et du mus\u00e9e d\u0027Orsay.\u00a0III. Ecole fran\u00e7aise, A-K, Paris, R.M.N., 1986","bibliographyDate":"1986","bibliographyDetail":"p. 61, ill. n\u0026b","comparison":false},{"bibliographyRef":"Compin, Isabelle ; Reynaud, Nicole, Catalogue des peintures du mus\u00e9e du Louvre.\u00a0I,\u00a0Ecole fran\u00e7aise, Paris, R.M.N., 1972","bibliographyDate":"1972","bibliographyDetail":"p. 32","comparison":false}],"exhibition":[],"relatedWork":[{"objectUrl":"https:\/\/collections.louvre.fr\/ark:\/53355\/cl010060294","type":"Ensemble"},{"objectUrl":"https:\/\/collections.louvre.fr\/ark:\/53355\/cl010241997","type":"Ensemble"},{"objectUrl":"https:\/\/collections.louvre.fr\/ark:\/53355\/cl010241998","type":"Ensemble"},{"objectUrl":"https:\/\/collections.louvre.fr\/ark:\/53355\/cl010241999","type":"Ensemble"}],"image":[{"urlImage":"https:\/\/collections.louvre.fr\/media\/cache\/large\/0000000021\/0000241995\/0001314863_OG.JPG","urlThumbnail":"https:\/\/collections.louvre.fr\/media\/cache\/small\/0000000021\/0000241995\/0001314863_OG.JPG","copyright":"\u00a9 2024 GrandPalaisRmn (mus\u00e9e du Louvre) \/ St\u00e9phane Mar\u00e9challe","type":"vue de dessous ; vue de l\u0027objet en situation","position":0},{"urlImage":"https:\/\/collections.louvre.fr\/media\/cache\/large\/0000000021\/0000241995\/0001228219_OG.JPG","urlThumbnail":"https:\/\/collections.louvre.fr\/media\/cache\/small\/0000000021\/0000241995\/0001228219_OG.JPG","copyright":"\u00a9 2023 Mus\u00e9e du Louvre, Dist. 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