Tiger Ecorche, attributed to van Tetrode, Padua

An image of Tiger Écorché. Sculpture/animal figure/panther. Production: The Veneto, Padua. van Tetrode, Willem Danielsz, uncertain (b. Delft 1525; d. Arnsberg 1580). Bronze, cast, height, whole, 19.6 cm, after 1500 (uncertain). Production Note: Purchased in 1949 as Paduan, c. 1500. Origin uncertain, perhaps Italian or French, date uncertain. Renaissance.

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Tiger Écorché. Sculpture/animal figure/panther. Production: The Veneto, Padua. van Tetrode, Willem Danielsz, uncertain (b. Delft 1525; d. Arnsberg 1580). Bronze, cast, height, whole, 19.6 cm, after 1500 (uncertain). Production Note: Purchased in 1949 as Paduan, c. 1500. Origin uncertain, perhaps Italian or French, date uncertain. Renaissance.

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Accession Number: M.26-1997
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/39.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Jaymes Sinclair
Image height: 768 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 76.01kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 39/1

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16th Century anatomical anatomy animal figure animals big cats bronze cast cats ecorche figure Fitz_AA flagellation flayed Italian Paduan School panther prancing Renaissance sculpture tigers van Tetrode Willem Danielsz van Tetrode

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