Satyress with two children, one kneeling, one standing Satyresse avec deux enfants, lun sur ses genoux, l'autre étendu à ses pieds
Sculptor:
Clodion (Claude Michel)
Founder:
Unknown
Bronze, cast
History note: (with M.38-1997) Sir Alfred Beit Collection; His Sale, Sotheby's, London, 7 October 1948, lot 125; bt Alfred Spero (£15). Purchased by Lt Col the Hon. M.T. Boscawen, DSO, MC (1892-1958); 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.
Height: 45.4 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1995) by Sherek, Pamela
19th Century
Circa
1800
CE
-
1900
CE
This group and its pendant (M.38-1997) are only known through 19th-century copies, not from original Clodion models. It has been suggested that both bronzes were probably cast by the Barbédienne foundry in Paris.
Sculpture
Depth 27.3 cm
Height 45.3 cm
Width 31.2 cm
Plinth
Depth 27.8 cm
Height 6.5 cm
Width 27.8 cm
Casting (process) : Bronze, cast
Accession number: M.39-1997
Primary reference Number: 13780
Old object number: B.40.
Old number: 320
External ID: CAM_CCF_M_39_1997
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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