Miner
Sculptor: Dalou, Aimé-Jules
Bronze plaquette. Almost square with a hole in each corner. A circular area in the middle is raised in low relief. Within this, in higher relief sits the miner, in profile to left, his legs and arms stretched out in front of him. He grasps a small pick with both hands and hacks at the coal-face opposite.
History note: Heim, 59 Jermyn Street, London SW1
Given by the Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum
Depth: 1.6 cm
Height: 12.6 cm
Width: 13.2 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (1980) by The Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum
19th Century, Late#
Circa
1889
CE
-
After
1902
CE
The plaquette is after a sketch for the bas-relief 'Les Ouvriers du Sous-sol', part of Dalou's unexecuted 'Monument des Ouvriers', on which he worked from 1889 until c. 1898 (repr. Dreyfous, 1903).
Middle
Miner
Accession number: M.1-1980
Primary reference Number: 13734
External ID: CAM_CCF_M_1_1980
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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Accession Number: CM.2877-2003
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