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Cheval faisant une descente de main
Translated as: Horse with head lowered
(Horse with head lowered)
Degas, Edgar
(Sculptor)
Hébrard, Adrien-A.
(Founder)
Bronze. Standing horse, lowering its head towards its right front foot; left front leg and right rear leg raised from the ground
History note: Reid & Lefevre, London, 1950; Andrew S.F. Gow, Trinity College, by whom bequeathed through the National Art Collections Fund
From the collection of Andrew Gow, presented by the National Art Collections Fund
Diameter: 7.3 cm
Height: 18.1 cm
Length: 28 cm
Relative size of this object is displayed using code inspired by Good Form and Spectacle's work on the British Museum's Waddeson Bequest website and their dimension drawer. They chose a tennis ball to represent a universally sized object, from which you could envisage the size of an object.
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed
(1978)
by
Gow, A. S. F.
Early 20th century
Circa
1919
CE
-
1921
1921
CE
After Edgar Degas (Rewald No. XII). The original model executed most probably 1865-1881, or 1881-90. Cast 1919-21 by A.A. Hébrard.
Casting (process) : Bronze, cast
Inscription present: relief in a square frame
Accession number: M.5-1978
Primary reference Number: 13702
External ID: CAM_CCF_M_5_1978
Stable URI
Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts
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Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/13702 Accessed: 2022-01-29 08:19:05
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Accession Number: E.9.1937
Accession Number: P.1-1989
Accession Number: P.299-1945
Accession Number: P.320-1945
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