IDENTIFIERS
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id:	30382
accession number:	M.47-1997

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Tuesday 25 February 2020

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Fruitwood, carved in the round, and with a highly polished surface. Both Hercules and the Nemean lion are facing to the left. He stands astride the lion, with his left leg forward, grasping it round the throat with both arms and forcing it backwards so that both its front paws are in the air. The narrow base is carved with foliage which rises up to support the lion's rear quarters, and is there cut off.
title:	figure

NOTES
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type: history note
value: Purchased in 1938 by Lt Col. the Hon. M.T. Boscawen, DSO, MC (1892-1958); his sisister, the Hon. Mrs Pamela Sherek.


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 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/30382

PEOPLE
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Hercules

SUBJECTS
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Nemean lion
Nemean lion



TECHNIQUES
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fruitwood, carved in the round, and with a highly polished surface
carving
TECHNIQUES
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polishing

CATEGORIES
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category: sculpture

DATING
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creation date:	1550 - 1550
creation date earliest:	1550
creation date latest:	1550
culture:	16th Century, Mid

CREATORS
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maker: Unknown

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Height
units: cm
value: 25.0

dimension: Length
units: cm
value: 24.6



EXHIBITIONS HISTORY
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title:	The Boscawen Collection: Renaissance Bronzes
title:	Following Hercules: The Story of Classical Art
CITATIONS
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The Boscawen Collection at the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
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