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Tiger Écorché: M.26-1997

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Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Tiger Écorché

Maker(s)

Production: Unknown
Production: Tetrode, Willem Danielsz van (Uncertain)

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Description

Bronze, cast

Notes

History note: Alfred Morrison Collection; E.L. Paget Collection; His Sale, Sotheby's, London, 12 October 1949, 'The E.L. Paget Collections, Second Day's Sale, Sculpture, Wood Carvings, Terra-cottas and Dinanderie, and the Well-known Collection of Italian Bronzes and Plaquettes', lot 208, ill. pl. XIX; bought A. Spero (£720); purchased 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 the Hon. 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: 19.6 cm

Place(s) associated

  • Padua ⪼ The Veneto ⪼ Italy

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

16th Century
Production date: after AD 1500 : uncertain

Note

Purchased in 1949 as Paduan, c. 1500. Origin uncertain, perhaps Italian or French, date uncertain.

School or Style

Renaissance

Project

  • Sculpture UK

Materials used in production

Bronze

Techniques used in production

Casting (process) : Bronze, cast

References and bibliographic entries

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Identification numbers

Accession number: M.26-1997
Primary reference Number: 14024
Old object number: B.27.
External ID: CAM_CCF_M_26_1997
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Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Saturday 14 March 2020 Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023

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

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