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Bust of a Female Saint: M.2-1894

Titles

Bust of a Female Saint

Maker(s)

Unknown (Production)

Description

Plaster cast of a female saint.
Terracotta original in the Victoria and Albert Museum

Legal notes

Acquired by part exchange and part purchase from the South Kensington Museum

Place(s) associated

  • Florence ⪼ Italy

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Exchanged/bought (1894-02-28) by South Kensington Museum

Dating

Mid 19th century
Circa 1840 CE - 1894 CE

Note

Plaster cast of a terracotta original in the Victoria and Albert Museum (7585-1861) once attributed to Donatello, but now thought to be mid-19th century.

People, subjects and objects depicted

Materials used in production

Plaster

Techniques used in production

Casting (process) : Plaster cast

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: M.2-1894
Primary reference Number: 29605

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Thursday 4 July 2019

Associated departments & institutions

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

Citation for print

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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2022) "Bust of a Female Saint" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/29605 Accessed: 2022-07-05 07:57:45

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