Ivory figure of St John seated with an eagle

An image of Sculpture / Figure. St John seated with Eagle. Ivory, carved in the round, height, whole, 10.9 cm, width, whole, 6.1 cm, circa 1600-1700. Portuguese.

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Sculpture / Figure. St John seated with Eagle. Ivory, carved in the round, height, whole, 10.9 cm, width, whole, 6.1 cm, circa 1600-1700. Portuguese.

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Accession Number: M.11-1943
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/32.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Amy Jugg
Image height: 1025 pixels
Image width: 766 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 428.17kB
Exposure time: 1/60
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 32/1
Captured: 2013:01:21 16:05:50

Key words

17th Century apostles carved disciples eagles evangelist figure Fitz_AA Gothic ivory male Medieval Portuguese Saint John saints seated sitting St John St John the Evangelist youthful

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