IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 13950 accession number: M.10-1953 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Tuesday 30 April 2024 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- 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 ----- 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 --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Applied Arts creditline: Marmaduke Langdale Horn Bequest STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/13950 PEOPLE ------------------- Atlas SUBJECTS ------------------- Globe kneeling Globe kneeling TECHNIQUES ---------- bronze, cast, and gilt, with rock crystal globe casting (process) CATEGORIES ------ category: sculpture DATING ------ creation date: 1700 - 1800 creation date earliest: 1700 creation date latest: 1800 culture: 18th Century CREATORS -------- maker: Unknown DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Depth units: cm value: 13.8 dimension: Height units: cm value: 23.8 dimension: Width units: cm value: 12 CITATIONS -------- Renaissance and Baroque Bronzes from the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge ---