IDENTIFIERS
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id:	13868
accession number:	M.31-1917

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Monday 3 July 2023

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Copper alloy, probably copper, gilt. Heads of a young man, a middle aged man and an old man facing outwards in three directions. The three heads are surmounted by a dome-shaped crown which rises towards its centre into a peak capped by a small, spherical knop.
title:	finial

NOTES
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type: history note
value: Traditionally described as having been executed by Ghiberti for 'a Duke of Milan'.


LICENSING
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text license status:	CC0
image license status:	CC-BY-NC-SA

OWNERSHIP
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instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum
department: Applied Arts
creditline: Given by Charles Fairfax Murray

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/13868

PEOPLE
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man




TECHNIQUES
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copper alloy, probably copper, gilt, cast
casting (process)

CATEGORIES
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category: sculpture
category: metalwork

DATING
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creation date:	1600 - 1700
creation date earliest:	1600
creation date latest:	1700
culture:	17th Century#
culture:	Renaissance

CREATORS
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maker: Unknown

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Height
units: cm
value: 18.9

dimension: Width
units: cm
value: 10.6



EXHIBITIONS HISTORY
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title:	Renaissance and Baroque Bronzes from the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
title:	Renaissance and Baroque Bronzes from the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge (2005)
CITATIONS
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Bayerisches Nationalmuseum Bildfürher 1. Bronzeplastik: Erwerbungen von 1956-1973
Kleinbronzen Europas vom Mittelalter bis zur Gegenwart
European Sculpture and Works of Art
Renaissance and Baroque Bronzes from the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
Das Alter fest im Griff. Männerträume vom Altwerden
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