For instance the sculptor Pierre-Charles Simart produced a copy of the Athena Parthenos of Phidias for patron Honoré Théodoric d'Albert de Luynes, circa 1840, in ivory and gold, based on ancient descriptions.
V tem kontekstu opisuje kipce, pri katerih je koža prikazana s slonovino, oblačila in druge podrobnosti so iz drugih materialov, kot so zlato, bron, marmor, srebro ali oniks.