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Kneeling Youth with a Shell: M.10-1997

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Kneeling Youth with a Shell

Maker(s)

Sculptor: Campagna, Girolamo (After)
Founder: Unknown (Uncertain)

Entities

Categories

Description

Bronze, cast. Saltcellar in the form of a kneeling youth holding a shell.

Notes

History note: Unrecorded purchase by Lt Col the Hon. M.T. Boscawen, DSO, MC (1892-1958); bequeathed to his sister the Hon. Mrs Pamela Sherek

Legal notes

Bequeathed by Mrs Pamela Sherek, from the collection of the late Lt Col the Hon. M.T. Boscawen, DSO, MC, in his memory

Measurements and weight

Height: 19.9 cm

Place(s) associated

  • Venice ⪼ The Veneto ⪼ Italy

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1995) by Sherek, Pamela

Dating

19th Century
Circa 1800 CE - Circa 1900 CE

Note

The original model is conventionally ascribed to Girolamo Campagna.

People, subjects and objects depicted

Project

  • Sculpture UK

Materials used in production

Bronze

Techniques used in production

Casting (process) : Bronze, cast

References and bibliographic entries

Related exhibitions

Identification numbers

Accession number: M.10-1997
Primary reference Number: 14012
Old object number: B.10.
External ID: CAM_CCF_M_10_1997
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 18 December 2023 Last processed: Monday 18 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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