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Cupid on Horseback
Sculptor: Fanelli, Francesco
Copper alloy, probably brass, cast and chased
Copper alloy, probably brass, cast. Wingless Cupid is seated on a galloping horse with a lionskin as a saddle. His arms are raised as if he is about to fire an arrow, the remains of the bow in his left hand. Beneath the horse is a dog, its head lifted as if to bite at the horse. On a bronze base.
History note: Bought by the Friends from J. Goldschmidt, Warrington Crescent, London, N9.
Given by the Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum
Height: 15.5 cm
Length: 20.5 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (1962-01-18) by The Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum
17th Century, Mid-Late
After
1630
CE
-
Before
1700
CE
Francesco Fanelli was last documented in England in 1641
probably brass
Copper alloy
Brass (alloy)
Casting (process) : Copper alloy, probably brass, cast
Accession number: M.1-1962
Primary reference Number: 13962
External ID: CAM_CCF_M_1_1962
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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