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Salt cellar, kneeling youth with shell, in style of Girolamo Campagna

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An image of Sculpture/ Salt Cellar. Kneeling Youth with Shell. Campagna, Girolamo, style of (Italian, 1549/50-p.1626), The Veneto. The nude youth kneels on his left knee with back and head bent forward to support a large shell, which he holds with both hands. The bronze is accompanied by an oval, grey-veined yellow marble base, moulded at the top and bottom, with screwed into the top with two screws, a smaller, oval wooden platform (not accessioned). Bronze, cast, with light brown patina, highly polished, height, whole, 20.5 cm, circa 1800-1900. In the style of 17th century, but probably 19th century.

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Sculpture/ Salt Cellar. Kneeling Youth with Shell. Campagna, Girolamo, style of (Italian, 1549/50-p.1626), The Veneto. The nude youth kneels on his left knee with back and head bent forward to support a large shell, which he holds with both hands. The bronze is accompanied by an oval, grey-veined yellow marble base, moulded at the top and bottom, with screwed into the top with two screws, a smaller, oval wooden platform (not accessioned). Bronze, cast, with light brown patina, highly polished, height, whole, 20.5 cm, circa 1800-1900. In the style of 17th century, but probably 19th century.

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  • Accession Number: M.5-1938
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
  • Aperture: f/27.0
  • Focal length: 120
  • Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
  • Photographer name: Jaymes Sinclair
  • Image height: 1024 pixels
  • Image width: 660 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.6 (Macintosh)
  • Filesize: 99.03kB
  • Exposure time: 1/60
  • ISO Speed: 100
  • Fnumber: 27/1

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19th Century Artist/Maker Artistic Movement Date Department Fitz_AA Girolamo Campagna Italian Material Nationalities Object Type Other Keywords Venetian School Workflow _WF_AdOK _WF_KWD _WF_OPACtd _WF_PCtd bended knee bent bronze carrying kneeling lifting male male nude nude patina patinated patination polished salt salt cellar salt-cellar saltcellar sculpture service ware serving piece shells tableware youth

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