The Bronze Athlete from Ephesos: Archaeological Background and Aspects of Conservation
The Athlete from Ephesos, a Roman imperial copy of a Greek statuary type from the 4th century B.C., was found at the very end of the 19th century, in the first years of the Austrian excavation in Ephesos, when research was concentrated on the major imperial monuments. In the palaestra of the Harbor...
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openedition-oai:revues.org:techne_1255 https://doi.org/10.4000/techne.1255 urn:doi:10.4000/techne.1255 en https://journals.openedition.org/techne/1255 2019-12-19T01:00:00Z info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess article info:eu-repo/semantics/article urn:handle:20.500.13089/l8gw https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ The Bronze Athlete from Ephesos: Archaeological Background and Aspects of Conservation Technè C2RMF info:eu-repo/semantics/reference/issn/2750-6185 info:eu-repo/semantics/reference/issn/1254-7867 URI:https://journals.openedition.org/techne Plattner, Georg A. restauration Apoxyomène Éphèse Vienne statues en bronze fouilles conservation Apoxyomenos Ephesos Vienna bronze sculpture excavation The Athlete from Ephesos, a Roman imperial copy of a Greek statuary type from the 4th century B.C., was found at the very end of the 19th century, in the first years of the Austrian excavation in Ephesos, when research was concentrated on the major imperial monuments. In the palaestra of the Harbor Baths, the statue was set up in an aedicula and was destroyed when an earthquake caused the collapse of the hall roof.Due to an agreement between the Ottoman Sultan Abdul Hamid II and the Austrian Emperor Franz Joseph I, the fragments could be taken to Vienna as a gift to the emperor’s collections. In Vienna, Wilhelm Sturm was commissioned with the restoration and conservation of the statue in 1897. The recomposition of the athlete took as a model the marble athlete kept at the Uffizi, in Florence, once the similarity of the statuary type of the Apoxyomenos had been recognized.The individual fragments were treated physically and chemically and were fixed on brass strings. Then groups of fragments were mounted onto iron bars in order to build the “back bone”. The entire statue was filled with cement in order to stabilize the structure and to close the gaps in the surface.A reevaluation of the condition of the Ephesian statue in cooperation with the Conservation Science Department of the Kunsthistorisches Museum and the Antiquities Conservation Department of the J. Paul Getty Museum, Malibu, California has shown the surprisingly good condition of the more than 100 year-old reconstruction. La découverte de l’athlète d’Éphèse remonte aux premières années de fouilles autrichiennes à Éphèse, alors que les recherches se concentraient sur les principaux monuments impériaux. L’effondrement de la toiture, provoquée par un tremblement de terre, avait brisé la statue installée dans un édicule au sein de la palestre des thermes du port.Un accord entre le sultan ottoman Abdul Hamid II et l’empereur d’Autriche François-Joseph Ier permet de transporter les fragments à Vienne dans le cadre d’un don aux collections impériales. À Vienne, Wilhelm Sturm se voit confier la restauration de la statue. Il prend modèle sur la statue d’athlète conservée au musée des Offices, à Florence, en s’appuyant sur un rapprochement typologique. Chacun des fragments fait l’objet d’un traitement physique et chimique, avant d’être fixé sur des cordes de laiton. Les groupes de fragments ainsi constitués sont montés sur des barres de fer afin de construire un squelette. Du ciment coulé dans les interstices consolide l’ensemble et comble les lacunes en surface.Une réévaluation de l’état de la statue d’Éphèse, conduite par le laboratoire de conservation-restauration du Kunstorisches Museum de Vienne en collaboration avec le département de conservation-restauration des Antiquités du musée J. Paul Getty, Malibu, Californie, souligne la stabilité étonnante de la restauration effectuée voilà plus de cent ans. |
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The Athlete from Ephesos, a Roman imperial copy of a Greek statuary type from the 4th century B.C., was found at the very end of the 19th century, in the first years of the Austrian excavation in Ephesos, when research was concentrated on the major imperial monuments. In the palaestra of the Harbor Baths, the statue was set up in an aedicula and was destroyed when an earthquake caused the collapse of the hall roof.Due to an agreement between the Ottoman Sultan Abdul Hamid II and the Austrian Emperor Franz Joseph I, the fragments could be taken to Vienna as a gift to the emperor’s collections. In Vienna, Wilhelm Sturm was commissioned with the restoration and conservation of the statue in 1897. The recomposition of the athlete took as a model the marble athlete kept at the Uffizi, in Florence, once the similarity of the statuary type of the Apoxyomenos had been recognized.The individual fragments were treated physically and chemically and were fixed on brass strings. Then groups of fragments were mounted onto iron bars in order to build the “back bone”. The entire statue was filled with cement in order to stabilize the structure and to close the gaps in the surface.A reevaluation of the condition of the Ephesian statue in cooperation with the Conservation Science Department of the Kunsthistorisches Museum and the Antiquities Conservation Department of the J. Paul Getty Museum, Malibu, California has shown the surprisingly good condition of the more than 100 year-old reconstruction. |
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The Bronze Athlete from Ephesos: Archaeological Background and Aspects of Conservation |
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