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October 7, 2004Print-Friendly Version
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 Barberini Faun found a home last week in a College Hall alcove. The statue is one of a number of plaster casts on long-term loan to the university from the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The original marble statue, which is located in Munich, Germany, was unearthed in Rome in 1620 and named Barberini for the family of Pope Urban VIII. The cast was made between 1880 and 1900. Under the supervision of Mathy Professor of Art History Carol Mattusch, the cast was cleaned by art history major Ellen Layman and is being repaired by Art and Visual Technology student Nick Zhiku. Photo by Carol Mattusch |