Wedgwood figure of Bacchus, after Jacopo Sansovino

An image of Stoneware Figure. Bacchus. Wedgwood. After the marble made by Jacopo Sansovino (1486-1570) for Giovanni Gaddi in 1511-12, and now in the Museo Nazionale, Florence. Production Place: England, Staffordshire. Black basalt, moulded, height, whole, 27.7 cm, after 1780 to before 1860.

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Stoneware Figure. Bacchus. Wedgwood. After the marble made by Jacopo Sansovino (1486-1570) for Giovanni Gaddi in 1511-12, and now in the Museo Nazionale, Florence. Production Place: England, Staffordshire. Black basalt, moulded, height, whole, 27.7 cm, after 1780 to before 1860.

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Accession Number: MAR.C.7-1912
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/19.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
Photographer name: Amy Jugg
Image height: 1025 pixels
Image width: 691 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 273.16kB
Exposure time: 1/60
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 19/1
Captured: 2013:07:10 12:27:19

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