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Half-length portrait of a bearded man holding gloves
Wax modeller: Holdermann, Georg
Half-length portrait of a bearded man holding gloves. Wax, coloured flesh pink, red, brown and black. The man is turned slightly towards the viewer's left. His right hand rests across his waist and in his left he holds a pair of gloves. He has receding hair, a moustache and beard, and wears a floppy ruff and a doublet with buttons. The background is black. In rectangular wooden box with glass front.
Bequeathed by Edward Joseph Pyke
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1996) by Pyke, Edward Joseph
17th Century, Early#
Circa
1600
CE
-
1625
CE
Figure
composed of
wax
( coloured)
Frame
composed of
wood (plant material)
glass
Box
Depth 4.7 cm
Height 11 cm
Width 10 cm
Inscription present: circular
Accession number: M.4-1996
Primary reference Number: 30481
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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