IDENTIFIERS
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id:	13950
accession number:	M.10-1953

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Monday 18 December 2023

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Bronze, cast, and gilt. Atlas kneels on his left knee, his head bent down to support on his neck and shoulders a crystal globe, which he holds with both hands.
title:	figure

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. 15, lot 70; bought by A. Spero (£62); purchased by Marmaduke Langdale Horn, Stoke Charity, near Winchester.


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: Marmaduke Langdale Horn Bequest

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/13950

PEOPLE
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Atlas

SUBJECTS
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Globe
kneeling
Globe
kneeling



TECHNIQUES
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bronze, cast, and gilt, with rock crystal globe
casting (process)

CATEGORIES
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category: sculpture

DATING
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creation date:	1700 - 1800
creation date earliest:	1700
creation date latest:	1800
culture:	18th Century

CREATORS
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maker: Unknown

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Depth
units: cm
value: 13.8

dimension: Height
units: cm
value: 23.8

dimension: Width
units: cm
value: 12



CITATIONS
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Renaissance and Baroque Bronzes from the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
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