The V&A have recently launched a database detailing the casts in their two Cast Courts. Access is available via their Cast Court Collection website.
At the University of Texas in Austin, we are building a new museum dedicated to the history of physical culture and sports. In the design of the museum we are including several statues from the famous Battle Collection of plaster casts located here on campus--the Boxer, the Wrestlers, Diana the Huntress, etc. However, the Battle Collection does not include a full size copy of the Farnese Hercules, which we very much want to include. So, I am writing to see if you and any of your associates might know of a large copy of the Farnese that could be acquired by us to use as one of the centerpieces of our new facility. It is our hope that we might be able to find one stored away someplace which we might be able to purchase for the new museum. We are looking for one close to the original size (3+ meters) as we plan on putting it in the main lobby as visitors enter the museum and the large size is, therefore desired.
If you have any suggestions, I'd be very grateful.
Jan Todd
Roy J. Mclean Fellow in Sport History
Stark Center for Physical Culture and Sports
The University of Texas at Austin
Email: j.todd@mail.utexas.edu
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