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Bifurcate Triton: M.4-1938

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Current Location: In storage

Titles

Bifurcate Triton

Maker(s)

Sculptor: Roccatagliata, Nicolà (Workshop of)

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Description

Bronze with somewhat rubbed black patina, mounted on a circular moulded bronze base with a screw hole in the centre. The triton is blowing a long conch, which he holds with his right hand, whilst holding his tail with his left hand. Cylindrical marble plinth.

Notes

History note: S.E. Kennedy, 24 Upper Brook Street, London, W., before 1904, when lent to the Winter Exhibition at the Royal Academy, (Catalogue, p. 50, no. 11, case G); Christie, Manson & Woods, 18 March 1918, Catalogue of the important collection of objects of art, antiquities, armour and arms formed by S.E. Kennedy, Esq., p. 57, lot 408, illustrated opposite. Leonard Daneham Cunliffe.

Legal notes

L.D. Cunliffe Bequest

Measurements and weight

Depth: 13.2 cm
Height: 24.4 cm
Width: 14 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1937) by Cunliffe, Leonard Daneham

Dating

16th Century, Late-17th Century, Early
Circa 1560 - 1630

Note

Attrib. (Jaffé) to workshop of Nicolà Roccatagliata.

People, subjects and objects depicted

Project

  • Sculpture UK

Components of the work

Base composed of bronze
Figure composed of bronze
Plinth composed of marble

Techniques used in production

Casting (process) : Bronze, cast and patinated
Patinating

References and bibliographic entries

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Identification numbers

Accession number: M.4-1938
Primary reference Number: 13897
External ID: CAM_CCF_M_4_1938

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 30 April 2024

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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