1624320078000 1624283320000 Standard Record object-288690 1764612122604 1764594572000 1764612119695 adlib fitz-online adlib-object-288690 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/288690 e50082c4-4b66-3e5c-98af-db9075e8494b 14 reference term-98228 adlib-term-98228 3d747999-296f-3944-9a84-2936c3ae9f5c sculpture modern reference term-106692 adlib-term-106692 ed7baa11-5901-3307-81b6-77370e40ebb4 wood Diameter cm 14.2 Base surface gilding reference term-27712 adlib-term-27712 ebad3b1c-4816-378b-986d-89948715d9e1 gilded Part oil-gilding and mercury-gilding reference term-28681 adlib-term-28681 c1f659e2-1209-31cf-8ff4-154e11452559 gilding reference term-39778 adlib-term-39778 8bd60ed6-968d-3faf-8ad5-b4e4ee9bb245 silver Eyes reference term-110813 adlib-term-110813 f22a9ca1-3f86-3526-a541-1da33d800022 inlay Diameter cm 24 Figure reference term-98112 adlib-term-98112 32d115a4-d3ac-33b0-b126-2a3da0fdf139 portrait Applied Arts The sculptor Pier Jacopo Alari Bonacolsi was nicknamed 'Antico' due to his unrivalled skill in replicating works of antiquity. This statuette is a reduced-scale copy of the famous life-size Classical marble statue known as the Apollo Belvedere due to its location documented from 1511 in the Vatican’s Belvedere Courtyard. It was excavated in Rome in 1489, and quickly acquired by Cardinal Giuliano della Rovere (later Pope Julius II). When Antico studied it in the late 1490s, the statue was in the gardens of Cardinal Giuliano della Rovere at SS Apostoli. At that time, the statue’s left forearm and right hand were still missing (these were restored in 1532), so Antico re-invented them. Alongside his skill in replicating antique works (and hence his nickname), Antico developed an innovative casting process which allowed him to create several versions in bronze from the same original moulds. The Fitzwilliam statuette was likely made for a wealthy member of the Gonzaga court at Mantua; Antico is documented as having made at least one version of the statuette for Bishop Ludovico Gonzaga before November 1498. In addition to the Fitzwilliam statuette, there are two further known copies. The first, and most likely the earliest as it is signed, is in the collection of the Liebieghaus Museum, Frankfurt. The second is in the Galleria Franchetti alla Ca’ d’Oro, Venice. reference exhibition-3944 adlib-exhibition-3944 efb64902-4239-3ac6-accf-83ab547bb095 National Treasures: Botticelli in Cambridge M.14-2023 1 accession number M.14-2023 288690 priref 288690 Previous Number when on Loan AAL.2-2021 uri https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/288690 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/288690 reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum Accepted in Lieu of Tax by HM Government in 2023 and allocated to the Fitzwilliam Museum reference agent-206802 adlib-agent-206802 70e4a9ac-3b72-3a57-9d66-1bf8040214e6 HM Government 2023 2023 2023 allocated Previously on loan: AAL.2-2021 1505 CE 1505 circa 1505 sculptor reference agent-3460 adlib-agent-3460 43d7134e-82e1-3c92-b9bb-5becdb42481e Antico (Pier Jacopo Alari Bonacolsi) reference term-106602 adlib-term-106602 bbb4c00f-eefa-3d64-9441-7a75aa07736e 16th Century reference term-75037 adlib-term-75037 b7278bfa-9db3-39c2-8218-6b4932875a16 literal Italy Italy country Mantua reference term-39741 adlib-term-39741 47d44741-af05-37c3-b21e-0e278b114f3b copper alloy reference term-40365 adlib-term-40365 d79c75c2-da7b-3187-918e-f7a374e04005 bronze Height cm 41.3 reference term-107454 adlib-term-107454 6ca0f2ab-c1f8-329d-8a45-8f1322f53a20 figure history note Alfred Beit (1853-1906), London, by 1904 when referenced in the catalogue of his collection; bequeathed to Sir Otto Beit, Bt. (1865-1930), London, and by descent to Sir Alfred Beit, Bt. (1903-1994), Bt., London; Sotheby's, London, 7 October 1948, lot 119 (£1,200 to Alfred Spero for Lt. Col. the Hon. M.T. Boscawen, D.S.O., M.C.). Lt. Col. the Hon. M.T. Boscawen, and by descent to the Hon. Mrs. Pamela Sherek. Bequeathed by the Hon. Mrs. Pamela Sherek, in memory of the late Lt. Col. the Hon. M.T. Boscawen, D.S.O., M.C., to The University of Cambridge; sold privately on behalf of the University of Cambridge to settle duties on the bequest. From the collection of Cecil and Hilda Lewis, from whose Estate allocated to the Fitzwilliam Museum by HM Government. reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum subject reference term-1609 adlib-term-1609 84f2e5e2-0de4-3096-98b9-7bb4c12aaffd male literal male male

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