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Lion
Sculptor: Prieur, Barthélemy (After)
Copper alloy, probably bronze, cast. The lion is walking, with its right paw raised. It looks downwards to its left.
History note: Sylvia Adams; sold to Lt Col. the Hon. M.T. Boscawen, DSO, MC (1892-1958) on 15 August 1951, together with Keller's 'Venus and Cupid in a Shell' [see M.37-1997] (£2750 for both); bequeathed to his sister, the Hon. Mrs Pamela Sherek; bequeathed by the Hon. Mrs Pamela Sherek, from the collection of the late Lt Col. the Hon. M.T. Boscawen, DSO, MC, in his memory.
Bequeathed by the Hon. Mrs Pamela Sherek, from the collection of the late Lt. Col. the Hon. M.T. Boscawen, DSO, MC, in his memory.
Height: 13.3 cm
Length: 19.3 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1995) by Sherek, Pamela
16th Century, Late-17th Century, Early#
Circa
1575
-
1630
probably bronze
Copper alloy
Bronze
Casting (process) : Copper alloy, probably bronze, cast
Accession number: M.28-1997
Primary reference Number: 13773
Old object number: B.29.
External ID: CAM_CCF_M_28_1997
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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