Wax figure of a bearded man holding gloves, by Georg Holdermann

An image of Sculpture/Figure. Half-length portrait of a bearded man holding gloves. Holdermann, Georg, wax modeller (German 1585 - after 1632). The man has receding hair, a moustache and beard, and wears a floppy ruff and a doublet with buttons. In rectangular wooden box with glass front. Wax figure, coloured flesh pink, red, brown and black, wood and glass frame, height, box, 11.0 cm, width, box, 10.0 cm, depth, box, 4.7 cm, circa 1600-1625. Nüremberg.

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Sculpture/Figure. Half-length portrait of a bearded man holding gloves. Holdermann, Georg, wax modeller (German 1585 - after 1632). The man has receding hair, a moustache and beard, and wears a floppy ruff and a doublet with buttons. In rectangular wooden box with glass front. Wax figure, coloured flesh pink, red, brown and black, wood and glass frame, height, box, 11.0 cm, width, box, 10.0 cm, depth, box, 4.7 cm, circa 1600-1625. Nüremberg.

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Accession Number: M.4-1996
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/32.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Jaymes Sinclair
Image height: 1024 pixels
Image width: 972 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.6 (Macintosh)
Filesize: 220.99kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 32/1

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17th Century Artist/Maker Date Department Fitz_AA Georg Holdermann German Material Nationalities Object Type Other Keywords Workflow _WF_AdOK _WF_KWD _WF_OPACtd _WF_PCtd bearded beards box boxed boxes clothes clothing costume curiosity doublet fashion figure frame gloves male man ruff wax wood

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