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Boy Supporting a Shell: M.7-1910

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Boy Supporting a Shell

Maker(s)

Maker: Unknown

Entities

Categories

Description

Alabaster, carved in relief. Rectangular. A boy with his back to the viewer stands on a ledge at the bottom of an arched frame with a scallop shell projecting downwards from the top. His right leg is in front of his left, and both knees are bent. His arms are raised, and he leans against the right side of the frame on his right upper arm, while supporting the bottom of the shell with his left hand.

Notes

History note: Dr and Mrs Charles Waldstein (later Sir Charles Walston MA, Litt.D and Lady Walston). From a tomb formerly in the church of San Pedro at Ocana, Spain (?)

Legal notes

Given by Dr and Mrs Charles Waldstein (later Sir Charles and Lady Walston) in memory of Mrs D. L. Einstein, through the Friends of the Fitzwilliam.

Measurements and weight

Depth: 8.0 cm
Height: 65.5 cm
Width: 29.0 cm

Place(s) associated

  • Toledo ⪼ Castile ⪼ Spain

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1910-12) by Waldstein, Charles, Dr and Mrs

Dating

15th Century, Late-16th Century, Early#
1499 CE - 1505 CE

Note

Probably from the funerary monument of Don García Osorio and his wife, Doña Maria de Perea, formerly in their chapel in the church of San Pedro at Ocaña, near Aranjuez. Declared unsafe in 1906, the church was destroyed in 1907 and sculptural elements from it were dispersed. The effigies of the Don García and Doña Maria and a number of relief sculptures from their chapel (including this one) are now in public collections in England and the United States.

School or Style

Renaissance

People, subjects and objects depicted

Project

  • Sculpture UK

Materials used in production

Alabaster

Techniques used in production

Carving : Alabaster, carved

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: M.7-1910
Primary reference Number: 31419
Old object number: 181-1910
External ID: CAM_CCF_M_7_1910
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 18 December 2023 Last processed: Monday 18 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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