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French iron key with prancing horses

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An image of Key. Iron, with piped stem, collar in the form of a Corinthian capital and bow composed of two prancing horses back to back surmounted by a mask, at the top, a ring for suspension. Circa 1500-1600. French.

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Key. Iron, with piped stem, collar in the form of a Corinthian capital and bow composed of two prancing horses back to back surmounted by a mask, at the top, a ring for suspension. Circa 1500-1600. French.

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  • Accession Number: MAR.M.219-1912
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
  • Aperture: f/32.0
  • Focal length: 120
  • Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
  • Photographer name: Jaymes Sinclair
  • Image height: 423 pixels
  • Image width: 1024 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.6 (Macintosh)
  • Filesize: 89.00kB
  • Exposure time: 1/125
  • ISO Speed: 100
  • Fnumber: 32/1

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16th Century Artistic Movement Corinthian order Date Department Fitz_AA French Late Renaissance Material Nationalities Object Type Other Keywords Renaissance Workflow _WF_AdOK _WF_KWD _WF_OPACtd _WF_PCtd animals architecture capitals classic orders columns equestrian horses iron key lock mask metalwork prancing ward lock warded lock

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