Marble Bust of Cleopatra, by Giacomo Filippo Parodi

An image of Sculpture/bust. Bust of Cleopatra. Parodi, Giacomo Filippo (Italian, 1630-1702). Creamy-white marble, carved in the round, supported on a circular verde antico socle, height, bust, 78.75 cm, height, socle, 12 cm, circa 1680-1690. Baroque. Production Note: The bust was attributed to Giambologna when published in 1909 (see Documentation). It was probably made during one of Parodi's sojourns in the Veneto, Venice or Padua during the 1680s.

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Sculpture/bust. Bust of Cleopatra. Parodi, Giacomo Filippo (Italian, 1630-1702). Creamy-white marble, carved in the round, supported on a circular verde antico socle, height, bust, 78.75 cm, height, socle, 12 cm, circa 1680-1690. Baroque. Production Note: The bust was attributed to Giambologna when published in 1909 (see Documentation). It was probably made during one of Parodi's sojourns in the Veneto, Venice or Padua during the 1680s.

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Accession Number: M.9-2006
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/26.0
Focal length: 63
Camera: GFX 50S
Photographer name: Andrew Norman
Image height: 1025 pixels
Image width: 820 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 401.31kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 26/1
Captured: 2019:04:07 23:59:05

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17th Century Baroque bust carved Cleopatra female Fitz_AA Giacomo Filippo Parodi Italian marble Parodi sculpture socle Venetian School verde antico marble white marble woman

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