Venetian bronze pacing horse

An image of Pacing Horse. Unknown Maker. Copper alloy, probably bronze, cast, with silvered eyes, height (whole) 24.0 cm, circa 1500-1530. Venetian.

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Pacing Horse. Unknown Maker. Copper alloy, probably bronze, cast, with silvered eyes, height (whole) 24.0 cm, circa 1500-1530. Venetian.

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Accession Number: M.32-1997
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/22.0
Focal length: 80
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Michael Jones
Image height: 1025 pixels
Image width: 769 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 443.69kB
Exposure time: 1/60
ISO Speed: 200
Fnumber: 22/1
Captured: 2011:07:08 17:41:43

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16th Century animal bronze cast copper copper alloy equestrian Fitz_AA High Renaissance horses Italian pacing patina patination Renaissance sculpture Venetian School

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