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Seated Boy representing Autumn from a Set of Seasons or the Infant Bacchus
Sculptor: Bertos, Francesco (Probably)
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.
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.
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
Height: 22.5 cm
Length: 29.5 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1995) by Sherek, Pamela
18th Century, Early#
Circa
1700
CE
-
1733
CE
Made in Padua or Dolo
probably bronze
Copper alloy
Bronze
Casting (process) : Copper alloy, probably bronze, cast
Accession number: M.5-1997
Primary reference Number: 14010
Old object number: B.4.
External ID: CAM_CCF_M_5_1997
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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