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Satyr
Sculptor:
Riccio, Andrea (Andrea Briosco)
(Style of)
Production:
uncertain
Figure of a satyr from an inkstand. Bronze, cast hollow, with black patina, slightly polished, mounted on a green marble plinth. Seated with left hoof crossed over right leg, the satyr holds the socket in his left hand and a shell in his right hand. There is a hole in top of head and bottom of shell.
History note: Chichester sale, Christie's?
L.D. Cunliffe Bequest
Height: 19.9 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1937) by Cunliffe, Leonard Daneham
16th Century
Circa
1500
CE
-
Circa
1600
CE
After a model ascribed to Andrea Brisoco, called Riccio. Described as probably made in Italy in the late 19th century in Avery 2002 (see Documentation); examined by Jeremy Warren in June 2012, who thought that the original model might be by Desiderio da Firenze and the cast likely to date from c. 1550 to early 1600s.
Plinth
composed of
green marble
Depth 17.1 cm
Height 7.5 cm
Width 11.3 cm
Sculpture
Depth 15.5 cm
Height 22.4 cm
Width 11.8 cm
Casting (process)
: Bronze, cast, patinated and polished
Patinating
Polishing
Accession number: M.2-1938
Primary reference Number: 13893
External ID: CAM_CCF_M_2_1938
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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