Boy Supporting a Shell
Maker: Unknown
Alabaster, carved in relief. Rectangular. A boy with his back to the viewer stands on a ledge at the bottom of an arched frame with a scallop shell projecting downwards from the top. His right leg is in front of his left, and both knees are bent. His arms are raised, and he leans against the right side of the frame on his right upper arm, while supporting the bottom of the shell with his left hand.
History note: Dr and Mrs Charles Waldstein (later Sir Charles Walston MA, Litt.D and Lady Walston). From a tomb formerly in the church of San Pedro at Ocana, Spain (?)
Given by Dr and Mrs Charles Waldstein (later Sir Charles and Lady Walston) in memory of Mrs D. L. Einstein, through the Friends of the Fitzwilliam.
Depth: 8.0 cm
Height: 65.5 cm
Width: 29.0 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (1910-12) by Waldstein, Charles, Dr and Mrs
15th Century, Late-16th Century, Early#
1499
CE
-
1505
CE
Probably from the funerary monument of Don García Osorio and his wife, Doña Maria de Perea, formerly in their chapel in the church of San Pedro at Ocaña, near Aranjuez. Declared unsafe in 1906, the church was destroyed in 1907 and sculptural elements from it were dispersed. The effigies of the Don García and Doña Maria and a number of relief sculptures from their chapel (including this one) are now in public collections in England and the United States.
Carving : Alabaster, carved
Accession number: M.7-1910
Primary reference Number: 31419
Old object number: 181-1910
External ID: CAM_CCF_M_7_1910
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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