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Bagpiper
Production: Giambologna (Jean Boulogne) (After)
Bronze, cast, and chased. Figure of a seated bagpiper.
History note: Peel and Humphris, Bond Street, London
Bought with the Leverton Harris Fund
Height: 9.9 cm
Method of acquisition: Bought (1961) by Peel and Humphris
17th Century, Early
Circa
1600
CE
-
1630
CE
From a model by Giambologna
Plinth
Depth 5.4 cm
Height 3.3 cm
Width 5.4 cm
Sculpture
Depth 5.5 cm
Height 10 cm
Width 6.2 cm
Casting (process) : Bronze, cast
Accession number: M.2-1961
Primary reference Number: 13959
External ID: CAM_CCF_M_2_1961
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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