1592999354000 1312637261000 Standard Record object-14123 1747159871809 1702908211000 1747159409017 adlib fitz-online adlib-object-14123 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/14123 a2898da6-8877-31d7-9028-aa9bce264df1 12 person reference agent-149742 adlib-agent-149742 1d4d164f-45d5-3cec-ad71-bbc83cea9b86 woman reference term-98228 adlib-term-98228 3d747999-296f-3944-9a84-2936c3ae9f5c sculpture reference term-113901 adlib-term-113901 a5eb92ca-9324-3784-b828-4c5faa25c507 Boscawen Collection Width cm 9.6 Base Figure copper alloy, probably bronze, cast, pedestal moulded reference term-26699 adlib-term-26699 a385eebb-7834-3204-a17f-d9c3cd15d9b8 casting (process) Pedestal reference term-111179 adlib-term-111179 be5c887b-c0ed-3d89-82b2-c3a870e72a68 moulding reference term-110500 adlib-term-110500 6dc34c6c-d553-36b2-b489-9797a89deeea society/human life Applied Arts Copper alloy, probably bronze. Copper alloy, probably bronze. The naked old woman sits on a rectangular slab supported on a moulded cylindrical pedestal, with another rectangular slab below it. This is supported on an integral rectangular base with a border of indentations on the sloping edge. The woman's head is slightly inclined to her left and her arms crossed beneath her breasts. The lined face and forehead, the veined skin, visible bones, sagging breasts, and the folds of skin on the abdomen reveal a highly naturalistic approach. Her facial expression is sad and pensive. no. 219 reference exhibition-1678 adlib-exhibition-1678 1c684b71-90d5-34c1-a0bb-4345f68a6145 Art Vénétien en Suisse et au Liechtenstein reference exhibition-1075 adlib-exhibition-1075 910725f4-7cc7-3f2d-9d4a-bbb857f688be The Boscawen Collection: Renaissance Bronzes no. 31 reference exhibition-1675 adlib-exhibition-1675 10c2903c-a764-3da2-b2d5-7d3ba2352474 Renaissance and Baroque Bronzes from the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge reference exhibition-1887 adlib-exhibition-1887 ad7b6b61-9df3-34cb-9675-b711ea766ba9 Renaissance and Baroque Bronzes from the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge (2005) M.14-1997 1 accession number M.14-1997 14123 priref 14123 Boscawen Collection old object number B.14. Art UK external ID CAM_CCF_M_14_1997 uri https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/14123 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/14123 reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum Bequeathed by the Hon. Mrs Pamela Sherek from the collection of the late Lt Col. the Hon. M.T. Boscawen, DSO, MC, in his memory reference agent-157206 adlib-agent-157206 9c491bd8-2ff0-3a57-a268-d66bd5868b26 Sherek, Pamela 1995 1995 1995 bequeathed Entry date: 1997-01-20 1520 1520 CE 1520 circa 1520 1525 1 1525 CE 1525 1525 production reference agent-149652 adlib-agent-149652 0d4f90dc-b166-3d4b-b0db-25f4118b6e98 Unknown reference agent-149652 adlib-agent-149652 0d4f90dc-b166-3d4b-b0db-25f4118b6e98 Unknown Probably made in Nuremberg or Augsburg reference term-106256 adlib-term-106256 1bd8ad44-09c2-3c55-825a-635e463bb56b 16th Century, Early reference term-120873 adlib-term-120873 9c5f3edb-276c-347f-94e5-8c37bffbf061 literal Germany Germany country Nuremburg reference term-108955 adlib-term-108955 fa7eb64c-1c2c-348a-bf06-730707ae47fb literal Germany Germany country possibly Augsburg probably bronze reference term-39741 adlib-term-39741 47d44741-af05-37c3-b21e-0e278b114f3b copper alloy reference term-40365 adlib-term-40365 d79c75c2-da7b-3187-918e-f7a374e04005 bronze Height cm 15.7 Length cm 9.3 reference media-12213 adlib-media-12213 8030d9f3-baef-3b26-87d2-7f9ca3216e0a jpeg aa/aa19/M_14_1997.jpg 1 height pixels 760 width pixels 603 1702926396433 1 image jpeg aa/aa19/mid_M_14_1997.jpg 1 height pixels 630 width pixels 500 1702926396433 1 image jpeg aa/aa19/M_14_1997.jpg 1 height pixels 760 width pixels 603 1702926396433 1 image jpeg aa/aa19/preview_M_14_1997.jpg 1 height pixels 315 width pixels 250 1702926396433 1 image 0 media image reference media-3117963803 portfolio portfolio-media-3117963803 6c320ddd-8de0-33e6-99ff-8097b9711011 jpeg portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/627/143/large_M_14_1997_dc1.jpg 1 height pixels 1373 width pixels 1024 1550048848000 1 image jpeg portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/627/143/mid_M_14_1997_dc1.jpg 1 height pixels 670 width pixels 500 1550048848000 1 image jpeg portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/627/143/M_14_1997_dc1.jpg 1 height pixels 4961 width pixels 3701 1550048848000 1 image jpeg portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/627/143/preview_M_14_1997_dc1.jpg 1 height pixels 335 width pixels 250 1550048848000 1 image 1 media image reference media-1367216129 portfolio portfolio-media-1367216129 3c62389b-1af0-3e21-b618-931889915172 jpeg portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/673/111/large_M_14_1997_mas.jpg 1 height pixels 1303 width pixels 1024 1568637283000 1 image jpeg portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/673/111/mid_M_14_1997_mas.jpg 1 height pixels 636 width pixels 500 1568637283000 1 image jpeg portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/673/111/M_14_1997_mas.jpg 1 height pixels 5000 width pixels 3928 1568637283000 1 1 1 image jpeg portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/673/111/preview_M_14_1997_mas.jpg 1 height pixels 318 width pixels 250 1568637283000 1 image 2 media image reference term-107454 adlib-term-107454 6ca0f2ab-c1f8-329d-8a45-8f1322f53a20 figure history note With Copper & Adams, by February 1940; sold to Lt. Col. the Hon. M.T. Boscawen, DSO, MC (1892-1958), 1940; bequeathed to his sister, the Hon. Mrs Pamela Sherek; bequeathed by the Hon. Mrs Pamela Sherek, from the collection of the late Lt Col. the Hon. M.T. Boscawen, DSO, MC, in his memory. reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum reference number literal name Sculpture UK Sculpture UK Publ. p. 16, repr. p. 16 reference publication-2065 adlib-publication-2065 4a4b1b7c-93ad-3461-88c3-bdab831e3a14 The Fitzwilliam Museum, Annual Report 1997 Publ. Illustrated, p. iii, fig. VII, text p.ii, no. VII. (In magazine, p. 908) p. 908 reference publication-200000521 adlib-publication-200000521 22596849-c5ed-3f03-8765-280367839585 The Boscawen Collection at the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge Publ. pp. 200-203, 289-290, no. 31 pp. 200-203 reference publication-3259 adlib-publication-3259 a66336df-0598-3f93-8c6d-4d1fa070ea38 Renaissance and Baroque Bronzes from the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge Publ. Mentioned, p. 94. Cf. pp. 93-5, no. 41 An Old Woman, Augsburg or Nuremberg; about 1520-25 Pearwood, partly pigmented; figure h. 15.9 cm; bench h. 5.8 cm; base w. 6.31 cm; l. 8.81 cm, Inv. No. 62-1865. Jopek mentions the existence of four others in bronze and two in pearwood, of the same subject and similar dimensions. Paul Gerngross Collection (pearwood) now in a private collection in Canada, Vienna, Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris (bronze), one (bronze) formerly in the Wittmann collection (present location unknown), a third bronze formerly in Berlin (lost in 1945). It is unusual for early 16th century German sculpture to have so many similar egs. May imply demand by connoisseur-collectors, and it probably symbolises Vanity. p. 94 reference publication-3871 adlib-publication-3871 9f6ca7bb-752f-38a1-bdba-536694d68d95 German Sculpture 1430-1540: A Catalogue of the Collection in the Victoria and Albert Museum reference publication-200001947 adlib-publication-200001947 55de3225-869c-3a12-b893-a2baa6c5dd00 Treasures of a New Bronze Age, the Smnall Bronze Age Publ. ill. p. 343. Discussed throughout. 343 reference publication-200003226 adlib-publication-200003226 993a4020-fb24-3057-ab64-fac76baa331c Age, Gender and the Body in the Bronze and Pearwood Statuettes of 1520s’ Germany reference term-10618 adlib-term-10618 9ebc0ae1-8cf8-312b-832c-9cf44da02136 Renaissance

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