IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 14001 accession number: M.20-1980 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Thursday 19 November 2020 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Copper alloy, probably bronze, formerly gilt. Cast, with thick dark brown patination darkened to black on the inner surfaces and much rubbed on the outer, probably of 19th century origin. A nude youth with abundant flowing hair striding forward and looking downwards to his front, in the act of drawing an exceptionally large sword from a sheath, which is not attached by any belt or strap to his person. A piece of fringed cloth is draped over his left forearm, and he stands on a flat rectangular raised base. object type: Copper alloy, probably bronze, cast, patinated, and formerly gilt title: figure NOTES ----- type: history note value: Sotheby's, London, 13 December 1979, lot 248; bt Alex Wengraf Ltd, London; sold to the Friends of the Fitzwilliam, with Grant-in-Aid from the Victoria and Albert Museum, 1980. LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Applied Arts creditline: Given by the Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/14001 PEOPLE ------------------- David SUBJECTS ------------------- sword sword TECHNIQUES ---------- bronze, cast, patinated and originally gilded casting (process) TECHNIQUES ---------- patinating CATEGORIES ------ category: sculpture DATING ------ creation date: 1640 - 1660 creation date earliest: 1640 creation date latest: 1660 culture: 17th Century, Mid# CREATORS -------- maker: Tacca, Ferdinando DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Height units: cm value: 23.1 dimension: Width units: cm value: 7.0 EXHIBITIONS HISTORY ------------------- title: Treasures from the Fitzwilliam, "The Increase of Learning and other great Objects of that Noble Foundation" title: Renaissance and Baroque Bronzes from the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge title: Renaissance and Baroque Bronzes from the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge (2005) CITATIONS -------- Sotheby's Sale Catalogue, 13th December 1979 Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge. The Annual Reports of the Syndicate and of the Friends of the Fitzwilliam for the Year ending 31 December 1975 National Art-Collections Fund Review 1983 Sculptors in Florence During the Reign of Grand Duke Ferdinando II of Tuscany (1621-1670): Ferdinando Tacca and His Circle Treasures from the Fitzwilliam: ''The Increase of Learning and other great Objects of that Noble Foundation'' Renaissance and Baroque Bronzes from the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge --- IMAGES surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa19/M_20_1980_281_29.jpg height: 760 pixels width: 525 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa19/mid_M_20_1980_281_29.jpg height: 724 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa19/M_20_1980_281_29.jpg height: 760 pixels width: 525 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa19/preview_M_20_1980_281_29.jpg height: 362 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa19/M_20_1980_282_29.jpg height: 760 pixels width: 600 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa19/mid_M_20_1980_282_29.jpg height: 633 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa19/M_20_1980_282_29.jpg height: 760 pixels width: 600 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa19/preview_M_20_1980_282_29.jpg height: 317 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/464/275/large_M_20_1980_1_mas.jpg height: 1655 pixels width: 1024 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/464/275/mid_M_20_1980_1_mas.jpg height: 808 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/M.20-1980_1_mas.tif surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/464/275/preview_M_20_1980_1_mas.jpg height: 404 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: zoom format: pyramid tiff location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/464/275/M_20_1980_1_mas.ptif height: 5500 pixels width: 3402 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/464/288/large_M_20_1980_mas.jpg height: 1296 pixels width: 1024 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/464/288/mid_M_20_1980_mas.jpg height: 633 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/M.20-1980_mas.jpg surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/464/288/preview_M_20_1980_mas.jpg height: 316 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: zoom format: pyramid tiff location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/464/288/M_20_1980_mas.ptif height: 2773 pixels width: 2191 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/627/416/large_M_20_1980_dc1.jpg height: 1655 pixels width: 1024 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/627/416/mid_M_20_1980_dc1.jpg height: 808 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/M.20-1980_dc1.jpg surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/627/416/preview_M_20_1980_dc1.jpg height: 404 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: zoom format: pyramid tiff location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/627/416/M_20_1980_dc1.ptif height: 5500 pixels width: 3402 pixels