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Naked Female Wrestlers: AAL.5-1969

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Naked Female Wrestlers

Maker(s)

Founder: Unknown (Uncertain)
Sculptor: Tacca, Ferdinando (After)

Entities

Categories

Description

Two nude women wrestling. On oval ebonized wood base.

Legal notes

Lent to the museum by the Master and Fellows of Trinity College

Place(s) associated

  • Florence ⪼ France

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Loan (1969) by Trinity College, Cambridge

Dating

17th Century#
Circa 1600 CE - Circa 1700 CE

Note

After a prototype by Ferdinando Tacca

School or Style

Mannerist

Project

  • Sculpture UK

Components of the work

Figure composed of bronze ( probably) Depth 9.7 cm Height 21 cm Width 12.3 cm
Base composed of wood Depth 13 cm Height 6.7 cm Width 16.9 cm

Identification numbers

Accession number: AAL.5-1969
Primary reference Number: 208770
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External ID: CAM_CCF_AAL_5_1969
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Audit data

Created: Thursday 12 May 2016 Updated: Saturday 14 March 2020 Last processed: Thursday 7 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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