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Bifurcate Triton
Sculptor: Roccatagliata, Nicolà (Workshop of)
Bronze with somewhat rubbed black patina, mounted on a circular moulded bronze base with a screw hole in the centre. The triton is blowing a long conch, which he holds with his right hand, whilst holding his tail with his left hand. Cylindrical marble plinth.
History note: S.E. Kennedy, 24 Upper Brook Street, London, W., before 1904, when lent to the Winter Exhibition at the Royal Academy, (Catalogue, p. 50, no. 11, case G); Christie, Manson & Woods, 18 March 1918, Catalogue of the important collection of objects of art, antiquities, armour and arms formed by S.E. Kennedy, Esq., p. 57, lot 408, illustrated opposite. Leonard Daneham Cunliffe.
L.D. Cunliffe Bequest
Depth: 13.2 cm
Height: 24.4 cm
Width: 14 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1937) by Cunliffe, Leonard Daneham
16th Century, Late-17th Century, Early#
Circa
1560
-
1630
Attrib. (Jaffé) to workshop of Nicolà Roccatagliata.
Base
composed of
bronze
Figure
composed of
bronze
Plinth
composed of
marble
Casting (process)
: Bronze, cast and patinated
Patinating
Accession number: M.4-1938
Primary reference Number: 13897
External ID: CAM_CCF_M_4_1938
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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