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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

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: Wednesday 18 December 2024 Last processed: Tuesday 13 May 2025

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: External
Associated department: Applied Arts

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