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Sleeping Nymph
Sculptor: Unknown
Copper alloy, probably bronze, cast. The nymph is seated with her left leg extended. Her right arm is raised and bent at the elbow, and she rests her head on her right hand. Her left hand rests between her thighs. The bronze is supported by a shallow circular marble plinth attached to a rectangular dark green veined marble plinth.
History note: Alfred Spero, London; sold 19 November 1937 (£300) to Lt Col the Hon. M.T. Boscawen, DSO, MC; 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.
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: 14.7 cm
Length: 15 cm
Width: 8.8 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1997-01-20) by Sherek, Pamela
16th Century, Early#
Circa
1500
CE
-
1525
CE
Perhaps Mantuan. Previously published (Arts Council, Victoria and Albert Museum, 1961, no. 50) as Paduan
probably bronze
Copper alloy
Bronze
Casting (process) : Copper alloy, probably bronze, cast
Accession number: M.40-1997
Primary reference Number: 14044
Old object number: B.41.
External ID: CAM_CCF_M_40_1997
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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