15929993440001312637261000Standard Recordobject-13767170292701070617029081900001702926925041fitz-onlineadlib-object-13767https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/1376763332d03-892b-3b9a-a4e8-cb16a00fb2678referenceterm-98228adlib-term-982283d747999-296f-3944-9a84-2936c3ae9f5csculpturereferenceterm-113901adlib-term-113901a5eb92ca-9324-3784-b828-4c5faa25c507Boscawen CollectionDepthcm16Heightcm18.1Widthcm8.9SculptureDepthcm9.9Heightcm2Widthcm16.8Plinthreferenceterm-115adlib-term-11594d65983-dea2-361b-b187-a968c98ab1d8NatureApplied ArtsBronze, cast. Grotesque figure of a wingless, long-legged bird-like creature. It has a bird-like head and scrawny outstretched neck, beak open wide, the body of a snail and the legs akin to those of an ostrich.referenceexhibition-1075adlib-exhibition-1075910725f4-7cc7-3f2d-9d4a-bbb857f688beThe Boscawen Collection: Renaissance BronzesM.8-19971accession numberM.8-199713767priref13767old object numberB.8.external IDCAM_CCF_M_8_1997urihttps://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/13767https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/13767referenceagent-149638adlib-agent-1496387376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8The Fitzwilliam MuseumBequeathed by Mrs Pamela Sherek from the collection of the late Lt. Col. the Hon. M.T. Boscawen, DSO, MC, in his memory.referenceagent-157206adlib-agent-1572069c491bd8-2ff0-3a57-a268-d66bd5868b26Sherek, Pamela199519951995bequeathedEntry date: 1997-01-2016001600CE1600circa16001630possibly11630CE16301630in the style ofdesignerreferenceagent-14498adlib-agent-1449828a07b60-f783-3d34-854d-0022ee6885c6Bolten, Arent vanuncertainfounderreferenceagent-149652adlib-agent-1496520d4f90dc-b166-3d4b-b0db-25f4118b6e98UnknownThe model has been most commonly attributed to the Dutch artist Arent or Arnold van Bolten (c. 1573-before 1633), based on surviving designs by him. The present cast may be later.referenceterm-106607adlib-term-10660761babb74-f8fd-3e53-abf6-c2c2f5dd351b17th Century, Early#referenceterm-40365adlib-term-40365d79c75c2-da7b-3187-918e-f7a374e04005bronzeHeightcm17.8referencemedia-12012adlib-media-12012c2ea2282-bbca-330b-8d34-cbfd1b4cb321jpegaa/aa19/M_8_1997.jpg1heightpixels760widthpixels60317029265647391imagejpegaa/aa19/mid_M_8_1997.jpg1heightpixels630widthpixels50017029265647391imagejpegaa/aa19/M_8_1997.jpg1heightpixels760widthpixels60317029265647391imagejpegaa/aa19/preview_M_8_1997.jpg1heightpixels315widthpixels25017029265647391image0media
imagereferenceterm-110277adlib-term-11027797f1ad1c-7b1d-373a-b0ae-ed010d95f37banimal figurehistory noteWith Cecil Leitch & Kerin by Dec. 1937 when sold to Lt. Col. the Hon. M.T. Boscawen, DSO, MC; bequeathed to his sister, the Hon. Mrs Pamela Sherekreferenceagent-149638adlib-agent-1496387376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8The Fitzwilliam Museumreference numberliteralnameSculpture UKSculpture UKPubl. Illustrated, p. v, fig. XVI, text p. v, no. 42. (In magazine p. 911)p. 911referencepublication-200000521adlib-publication-20000052122596849-c5ed-3f03-8765-280367839585The Boscawen Collection at the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridgereferencepublication-1175adlib-publication-11752fdf5587-104f-3ada-a547-158ff326d5c9An Exhibition of Sculpture and Works of ArtPubl. p. 327, checklist no. 101p. 327referencepublication-3259adlib-publication-3259a66336df-0598-3f93-8c6d-4d1fa070ea38Renaissance and Baroque Bronzes from the Fitzwilliam Museum, CambridgeRef. An atrribution no longer accepted.pp. 272-7referencepublication-200000502adlib-publication-200000502acd48bf4-a1f3-3ba9-b5c0-1e0a41f28604The Grotesques ascribed to Arent van BoltenCf. Dated to 19th century; previously to Arent van Bolten? no. 48pp. 154-5referencepublication-1176adlib-publication-11761a66661d-d2f8-3c37-af59-dac5e6e31a12Beeldhouwkunst 1500-1800 in de collectie van het Museum Boymans-van Beuningen, BronssculptuurCf. Not exactly alike, p. 60, lots 116 and 117, lot 116 illustrated. (Estimates for both £2,000-3,000)p. 60referencepublication-2160adlib-publication-216052138ffc-1737-3831-b93b-ef8fcd36187cEuropean Sculpture and Works of ArtCf. An example in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam (Inv. BK-16127), attributed to Amsterdam or Zwolle, c. 1620 (model); France ?, 18th century (cast) H. 17 cm. The Fitzwilliam's example is mentioned in note 1.130-1referencepublication-5584adlib-publication-5584d0b01219-8382-3b61-8de4-64ac44cf3655From Vulcan's Forge, Bronzes from the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam 1450-1800animalreferenceterm-106419adlib-term-1064196a020a7a-d710-3cb6-af17-8cd664abcf90birdliteralbirdbirdreferenceterm-110277adlib-term-11027797f1ad1c-7b1d-373a-b0ae-ed010d95f37banimal figureanimal figurebronze, castreferenceterm-26699adlib-term-26699a385eebb-7834-3204-a17f-d9c3cd15d9b8casting (process)Grotesque Birdobject
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