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Queen Elizabeth I (1533-1603): M.2-1941

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Queen Elizabeth I (1533-1603)

Maker(s)

Hagen, Jasper van der (Uncertain)
Houbraken, Jacobus (After)

Entities

Categories

Description

High relief bust portrait of Queen Elizabeth I, three quarters to right. Plaster, cast. In rectangular, moulded ebonized wood frame.

Legal notes

Given to the University Library in 1811 by the Rev. Bailly Wallis, D.D. and transferred to the Fitzwilliam by the Library in 1941

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Transferred (1941) by Cambridge University Library

Dating

Unknown
Production date: before AD 1811

Note

Apparently after an ivory by Jasper Van der Hagen after Houbraken, and possibly by him as between 1766-1779 he exhibited 'reliefs, busts and statues of plaster and ivory' at the Free Society of Artists. See Sotheby's Sale Catalogue, 22nd April 1986.

People, subjects and objects depicted

Project

  • Sculpture UK

Components of the work

Frame Height 20.6 cm Width 18.1 cm

Materials used in production

Plaster

Techniques used in production

Relief : High relief plaster, cast
Casting (process)

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: M.2-1941
Primary reference Number: 29328
External ID: CAM_CCF_M_2_1941
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Friday 19 June 2020 Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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