IDENTIFIERS
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id:	14023
accession number:	M.24-1997

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Monday 3 July 2023

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Ostrich strutting, with wings raised and beak open. Copper alloy, probably bronze, cast.
title:	animal figure

NOTES
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type: history note
value: E.L. Paget Collection; His Sale, Sotheby's, London, 11-12 (12) October 1949, 'The E.L. Paget Collections, Catalogue of the well-known collections of fine Italian bronzes, majolica and European ceramics, Limoges enamels, ivories and sculpture the property of the late E.L. Paget, Esq.', lot 206; bt A. Spero (£260); 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 the late Lt Col. the Hon. M.T. Boscawen DSO, MC, in his memory.


LICENSING
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text license status:	CC0
image license status:	CC-BY-NC-SA

OWNERSHIP
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instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum
department: Applied Arts
collection:	Boscawen Collection
creditline: 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

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/14023


SUBJECTS
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ostrich
ostrich



TECHNIQUES
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copper alloy, probably bronze, cast
casting (process)

CATEGORIES
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category: sculpture

DATING
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creation date:	1575 - 1625
creation date earliest:	1575
creation date latest:	1625
culture:	16th Century, Late-17th Century, Early#

CREATORS
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maker: Unknown

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Height
units: cm
value: 30.8



EXHIBITIONS HISTORY
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title:	The Boscawen Collection: Renaissance Bronzes
title:	Renaissance and Baroque Bronzes from the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
title:	Renaissance and Baroque Bronzes from the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge (2005)
CITATIONS
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The E.L. Paget Collections, Catalogue of the well-known collections of fine Italian bronzes, majolica and European ceramics, Limoges enamels, ivories and sculpture the property of the late E.L. Paget, Esq.
The Fitzwilliam Museum, Annual Report 1997
The Boscawen Collection at the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
Renaissance and Baroque Bronzes from the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
Love of virtuosity
Les Bronzes de la Couronne
The Fine Sale
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