15929993490001312637261000Standard Recordobject-13910170678015802517029081950001706780144131fitz-onlineadlib-object-13910https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/1391097d23c58-59b7-377c-b1c3-2bec099e7f4f8personreferenceagent-153268adlib-agent-153268dccdeda8-8c25-36c1-8c3e-2fd1efe16dd6Scythianreferenceterm-98228adlib-term-982283d747999-296f-3944-9a84-2936c3ae9f5csculptureDepthcm7.8Heightcm16Widthcm15Sculpturereferenceterm-110350adlib-term-110350ab450de1-5dfc-3514-9493-1f724d7255a7trade/occupationApplied ArtsBronze. The figure crouches on a shallow base of bronze, naked except for a cloak thrown over the left shoulder and falling onto the ground at the back. His right knee almost touches the ground and his right arm touches the right knee as he bends forward to whet the knife on the stone, which he holds firmly on the ground with his left hand. He gazes up to the right. Dark brown patina, slightly polished.M.5-19481accession numberM.5-194813910priref13910external IDCAM_CCF_M_5_1948urihttps://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/13910https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/13910referenceagent-149638adlib-agent-1496387376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8The Fitzwilliam MuseumGiven by Mr Frank Partridgereferenceagent-153269adlib-agent-153269c5dfb0ac-5b13-3f39-ae1d-0a56e2ffaf55Partridge, Frank194819481948givenEntry date: 1948-03-0217001700CE1700circa1700173011730CE17301730productionreferenceagent-149652adlib-agent-1496520d4f90dc-b166-3d4b-b0db-25f4118b6e98UnknownAfter the marble Hellenistic-Roman sculpture (c. 1 BCE), the 'Blade-Sharpener', known as 'L'Arrotino' in Italian.referenceterm-106655adlib-term-106655ee8a7821-8b3c-3059-913f-eca0d91befec18th Century, Early#referenceterm-106366adlib-term-106366b3c6d1ca-fe9f-38c0-bdd4-f8d83ac87a8fliteralItalyItalycountryRomereferenceterm-40365adlib-term-40365d79c75c2-da7b-3187-918e-f7a374e04005bronzeHeightcm16.5referenceterm-107454adlib-term-1074546ca0f2ab-c1f8-329d-8a45-8f1322f53a20figurereferenceagent-149638adlib-agent-1496387376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8The Fitzwilliam Museumreference numberliteralnameSculpture UKSculpture UKPubl. p. 312, checklist no. 28p. 312referencepublication-200000521adlib-publication-20000052122596849-c5ed-3f03-8765-280367839585The Boscawen Collection at the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridgereferencepublication-2252adlib-publication-2252f006a51b-3ae1-3653-9f6d-5c54698a5d91Bel Ameublement, 3rd May 1977Cf. See, p. 141, pl.Ip. 141referencepublication-200000753adlib-publication-200000753ddc59724-cd7e-38a5-90d5-e010eb736ca9Connoisseur (volume 148)Cf. No. 14, an example attributed to Florence ?, second quarter of 17th century77referencepublication-5131adlib-publication-5131d5d295a0-5d54-396a-8e33-8da5171aef8fLes Bronzes de la Couronneobject namereferenceterm-107796adlib-term-10779623593458-4ce0-320f-888c-2ba8aa5c5eb1knifeobject namereferenceterm-33541adlib-term-335413b212502-9c67-3bf0-aa6a-f45017f4a2f6stoneactivityreferenceterm-107521adlib-term-107521ec3f85b3-260f-3811-a2c8-e3d8609cea04kneelingliteralknifeknifeliteralstonestoneliteralkneelingkneelingreferenceterm-107454adlib-term-1074546ca0f2ab-c1f8-329d-8a45-8f1322f53a20figurefigurebronze, cast and patinatedreferenceterm-26699adlib-term-26699a385eebb-7834-3204-a17f-d9c3cd15d9b8casting (process)Kneeling Scythian, also known as the Blade-Sharpenerobject
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