Pastoral Scene
Wax modeller: Pieri, Giovanni Francesco
Pastoral scene. Wax, coloured in flesh, shades of brown, beige, dull brownish-orange and shades of green, grey, and black. A shepherd wearing a hat, reclines on a rock beside an orange tree with his dog lying to the left and a sheep to the right. In the background there are two more trees, and on the right, a distant building. In rectangular gilt wood and glass frame, partly covered with dark purplish-red velvet.
Bequeathed by Edward Joseph Pyke
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1996) by Pyke, Edward Joseph
18th Century, third quarter#
Circa
1750
-
1775
Italian; Florence or Naples
Model
composed of
wax
( coloured)
Finish
composed of
gilt
Frame
composed of
wood (plant material)
velvet
glass
Depth 5.1 cm
Height 20.5 cm
Width 24 cm
Accession number: M.10-1996
Primary reference Number: 30484
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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