IDENTIFIERS
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id:	13921
accession number:	M.1-1951

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Monday 3 July 2023

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Bronze, cast, and gilt. Figure from a hand bell. The naked putto stands with arms upraised, as if stretching, his head upturned.
title:	bell handle

NOTES
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type: history note
value: Henry Harris Collection; His Sale, Sotheby's, 24 October 1950, The Henry Harris collection, Catalogue of the celebrated collection of bronzes, sculpture, paintings and works of art of the Italian Renaissance, p. 13, part 1, lot 55; bought by A. Spero (£30).


LICENSING
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text license status:	CC0
image license status:	CC-BY-NC-SA

OWNERSHIP
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instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum
department: Applied Arts
creditline: Given by the Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/13921

PEOPLE
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putto




TECHNIQUES
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bronze, cast and gilt
casting (process)
TECHNIQUES
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gilt-bronze

CATEGORIES
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category: sculpture
category: metalwork

DATING
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creation date:	1460 - 1560
creation date earliest:	1460
creation date latest:	1560
culture:	15th Century-16th Century#

CREATORS
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maker: Donatello (Donato di Niccolà di Betto Bardi)

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Depth
units: cm
value: 4.5

dimension: Height
units: cm
value: 13.2

dimension: Width
units: cm
value: 5.6



CITATIONS
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Renaissance and Baroque Bronzes from the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
Die italienschen bronzen der renaissance und des barock; busten, statuetten und gebrauchsge-genstände
Catalogue of Italian Bronzes in the Pierpont Morgan Collection
Renaissance Bronzes from the Samuel H. Kress Collection: Reliefs, Plaquettes, Statuettes, Utensils and Mortars
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