15929993440001312637261000Standard Recordobject-12445170292703822517029081590001702926912591fitz-onlineadlib-object-12445https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/12445b4c63cd9-f9e0-3146-b59c-2335a961ef5d6referenceterm-98228adlib-term-982283d747999-296f-3944-9a84-2936c3ae9f5csculpturereferenceterm-107719adlib-term-107719b8aed43d-19e1-367b-9d0d-1645adf34729brown patinaExteriorDepthcm15.5Heightcm33.7Widthcm12.7SculptureWidthin4 1/8Basereferenceterm-115adlib-term-11594d65983-dea2-361b-b187-a968c98ab1d8NatureApplied ArtsBronze statuette of a seated lion.M.5-19511accession numberM.5-195112445priref12445external IDCAM_CCF_M_5_1951urihttps://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/12445https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/12445referenceagent-149638adlib-agent-1496387376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8The Fitzwilliam MuseumGiven by Mrs May Cippico in accordance with the wishes of Mrs Sigismund Goetze.referenceagent-153006adlib-agent-1530066a102edc-315b-30b3-8f88-e0187234385aCippico, May195119511951-04-19givenMrs May Cippico was the niece of Mrs Goetze.1852CE1852circa1852sculptorreferenceagent-130331adlib-agent-130331f95f28ac-13ef-3848-8ccc-ed140fd91227Stevens, Alfred GeorgeFrom a model made by Stevens in c. 1852 for the posts at the entrance lodges of the British Museum (no longer in situ). The lion was inspired by the lion on the newel of the Bargello courtyard, Florence.referenceterm-97680adlib-term-97680d0493beb-d54a-30ea-970d-e525d2e9403eVictoriareferenceterm-109672adlib-term-109672a788e98b-c8a4-313c-9617-1a812228e86419th Century, Mid#referenceterm-40365adlib-term-40365d79c75c2-da7b-3187-918e-f7a374e04005bronzeHeightin13 1/4referenceterm-110277adlib-term-11027797f1ad1c-7b1d-373a-b0ae-ed010d95f37banimal figurelionhistory noteFrom the collection of Sigismund Goetzereferenceagent-149638adlib-agent-1496387376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8The Fitzwilliam Museumreference numberliteralnameSculpture UKSculpture UKCf. Another, p. 89, lot 120. (Estimate £3-4,000; fetched £3,795). Literature provided.p. 89referencepublication-2170adlib-publication-21708ab2d354-caec-3cd7-91d5-ecf357bfa9b219th and 20th Century Sculpture, 21st November 1995Cf. A plaster lion, p. 227, no. 2869, which was transferred from the Tate to the British Museum in 1975, along with a second plaster.227referencepublication-3780adlib-publication-37805746c7b8-01e1-3045-a872-0067390d6535Tate Gallery. British School. A Concise CatalogueCf. p. 403, no. 654, a lion in the Victoria and Albert Museum, A.21-1945. See also two plaster lions formerly in the Tate Gallery, p. 403, no. 655, and p. 404, no. 656.403referencepublication-3759adlib-publication-375973edca64-3289-371a-bf69-0300633e25edBritish Sculpture 1470 to 2000, A Concise Catalogue of the Collection at the Victoria and Albert Museumanimalreferenceterm-106353adlib-term-10635394dbf2d1-80ce-352d-b3db-fd957b2fd428lionliterallionlionreferenceterm-110277adlib-term-11027797f1ad1c-7b1d-373a-b0ae-ed010d95f37banimal figureanimal figurebronze, cast and patinated light brownreferenceterm-26699adlib-term-26699a385eebb-7834-3204-a17f-d9c3cd15d9b8casting (process)lion seatedLion sejantobject
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