Seated Putto with a Column, by Hubert Gerhard

An image of Figure. Seated Putto with a Column. Gerhard, Hubert (Netherlandish, 1550-1622/3). Copper alloy, probably bronze, cast, chased, and gilded, height, whole, 17.3 cm, circa 1580-1585. Renaissance. Production Place: Germany.

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Figure. Seated Putto with a Column. Gerhard, Hubert (Netherlandish, 1550-1622/3). Copper alloy, probably bronze, cast, chased, and gilded, height, whole, 17.3 cm, circa 1580-1585. Renaissance. Production Place: Germany.

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Accession Number: M.1-1982
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Aperture: f/32.0
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Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Jaymes Sinclair
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Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 32/1

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16th Century bronze chased columns copper copper alloy figure Fitz_AA German gilded Hubert Gerhard Late Renaissance male Netherlandish Northern Renaissance putti putto Renaissance seated sitting

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