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22 de jun. de 2024 · Thomas Bruce, also known as Lord Elgin, was a British nobleman, diplomat, and collector who played a significant role in the controversial procurement of marble sculptures known as the Elgin Marbles. Let’s delve into the life and legacy of the first Earl of Elgin.
Hace 2 días · The dispute centres around those of the Parthenon Marbles removed by Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin, from 1801 to 1803, which are in the British Museum. A few sculptures from the Parthenon are also in the Louvre in Paris, in Copenhagen, and elsewhere, while more than half are in the Acropolis Museum in Athens.
Hace 6 días · Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin and 11th Earl of Kincardine (; 20 July 1766 – 14 November 1841) was a Scottish nobleman, soldier, politician and diplomat, known primarily for the controversial removal of marble sculptures (also known as the Elgin Marbles) from the Parthenon in Athens.
17 de jun. de 2024 · The marbles, which originally formed part of the friezes along the facade of the Parthenon in Athens, were removed by Thomas Bruce, the seventh Earl of Elgin who arrived in Greece in the early 19th Century.
27 de jun. de 2024 · The Acropolis Museum was built in large part to house the so-called Elgin Marbles, a collection of ancient Greek sculptures that were removed from the Parthenon in the 19th century by Thomas Bruce, 7th earl of Elgin, who was the British ambassador to the Ottoman Empire (1799–1803).
18 de jun. de 2024 · Among the British Museum’s most famous holdings are the Elgin Marbles, which were removed in the early 19th century from the Parthenon in Athens and shipped to England by arrangement of Thomas Bruce, 7th Lord Elgin.
Hace 6 días · At the turn of the nineteenth-century, Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin and 11th Earl of Kincardine, purchased many of the Parthenon’s remaining sculptures and sculptural groups from the...
