Pastoral Scene: M.10-1996

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Pastoral Scene

Maker(s)

Wax modeller: Pieri, Giovanni Francesco

Entities

Model

Categories

Sculpture

Description

Pastoral scene. Wax, coloured in flesh, shades of brown, beige, dull brownish-orange and shades of green, grey, and black. A shepherd wearing a hat, reclines on a rock beside an orange tree with his dog lying to the left and a sheep to the right. In the background there are two more trees, and on the right, a distant building. In rectangular gilt wood and glass frame, partly covered with dark purplish-red velvet.

Legal notes

Bequeathed by Edward Joseph Pyke

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1996) by Pyke, Edward Joseph

Dating

18th Century, third quarter#
Circa 1750 - 1775

Note

Italian; Florence or Naples

People, subjects and objects depicted

Components of the work

Model composed of wax ( coloured)
Finish composed of gilt
Frame composed of wood (plant material) velvet glass Depth 5.1 cm Height 20.5 cm Width 24 cm

References and bibliographic entries

Biographical Dictionary of Wax Modellers page(s): pp. 32-3

Identification numbers

Accession number: M.10-1996
Primary reference Number: 30484
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 21 March 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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