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Bust of a Female Saint: M.2-1894

Object information

Awaiting location update

Titles

Bust of a Female Saint

Maker(s)

Production: Unknown

Entities

Categories

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

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Part exchanged (1894-02-28) by South Kensington Museum

Dating

19th Century, Mid
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
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Friday 8 December 2023 Last processed: Tuesday 13 May 2025

Associated departments & institutions

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

Citation for print

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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2025) "Bust of a Female Saint" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/29605 Accessed: 2025-12-05 06:22:16

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{{cite web|url=https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/29605 |title=Bust of a Female Saint |author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2025-12-05 06:22:16|publisher=The University of Cambridge}}

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