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Seated Boy representing Autumn from a Set of Seasons or the Infant Bacchus: M.5-1997

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Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Seated Boy representing Autumn from a Set of Seasons or the Infant Bacchus

Maker(s)

Sculptor: Bertos, Francesco (Probably)

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Description

Copper alloy, probably bronze, cast, and chased.

Copper alloy, probably bronze, cast. The plump, nude putto decked with vine tendrils and several bunches of grapes, is shown in arrested motion, with his head sharply twisted, and a highly-focused gaze. Propped up by his left arm, with his weight on his left buttock, he reclines rather unsteadily, as if paused in mid-crawl, his legs bent in a zigzag formation, the left one pulled well forward to the right. He grasps a large bunch of grapes in his extended right hand, whilst, apparently inadvertantly, crushing another bunch under his left buttock, and a third beneath his left palm.

Notes

History note: Mortimer L. Schiff Collection; His Sale, Christie's, London, 22-23 June 1938, lot 36, bought C.G. Cooper of Cecil Leitch & Kerin Ltd (£23. 2. 0.); sold to 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 Lt. Col. the Hon. M.T. Boscawen, DSO, MC, in his memory.

Legal notes

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

Measurements and weight

Height: 22.5 cm
Length: 29.5 cm

Place(s) associated

  • Dolo ⪼ Italy
  • Padua ⪼ Italy

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1995) by Sherek, Pamela

Dating

18th Century, Early#
Circa 1700 CE - 1733 CE

Note

Made in Padua or Dolo

School or Style

Baroque

People, subjects and objects depicted

Project

  • Sculpture UK

Materials used in production

probably bronze Copper alloy
Bronze

Techniques used in production

Casting (process) : Copper alloy, probably bronze, cast

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Identification numbers

Accession number: M.5-1997
Primary reference Number: 14010
Old object number: B.4.
External ID: CAM_CCF_M_5_1997
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Thursday 19 November 2020 Last processed: Thursday 7 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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