1592996840000 1312637261000 Standard Record object-95764 1747160353227 1711450575000 1747159409017 adlib fitz-online adlib-object-95764 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/95764 b02a19b8-d417-3918-bf05-ecffb2d39263 9 person reference agent-157712 adlib-agent-157712 c2e1ef5e-bd3e-3896-8be0-02a9865c47c9 youth reference term-98228 adlib-term-98228 3d747999-296f-3944-9a84-2936c3ae9f5c sculpture applied reference term-4148 adlib-term-4148 d756a195-9618-3d0b-a5a7-f8f5353fdd11 patina presumed reference term-40365 adlib-term-40365 d79c75c2-da7b-3187-918e-f7a374e04005 bronze Figure bronze, cast, with screw-on bee, supported on a green figured marble base indirect wax process reference term-26699 adlib-term-26699 a385eebb-7834-3204-a17f-d9c3cd15d9b8 casting (process) reference term-98865 adlib-term-98865 aeb90103-2708-3cdf-abc1-219c45a070e9 carving dark green figured reference term-94994 adlib-term-94994 a8416abb-32a4-31c1-98a4-fad294ef677a marble Width cm 9.9 Base Bee screwed into leg reference term-120073 adlib-term-120073 8f03d319-c397-37c8-a0e8-e23ef3cfdbbc patinating Applied Arts Bronze, cast, supported on green figured marble base. A nude youth, wearing a visor-like mask pushed back above his face, and holding in both hands a large gaping mask of Comedy, stands on the ball of his left foot and looks down towards his bent and raised left leg. A bee has just stung the calf and he grimaces in pain to form the mask of Tragedy. The octagonal base rises up in the middle into a circular socle with a depression in the top in which the circular base of the bronze stands. M.1-2003 1 accession number M.1-2003 95764 priref 95764 Art UK external ID CAM_CCF_M_1_2003 uri https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/95764 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/95764 reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum Accepted by H.M. Treasury in lieu of capital taxes and allocated to The Fitzwilliam Museum reference agent-151342 adlib-agent-151342 a991843a-a684-311c-b5fa-263d23f8294a H.M. Treasury 2003 2003 2003-10-20 allocated For the provenance see a receipt, letter, and note of sale in the object's file, and a note of 1 November 2003 from Miss Mary Davey and Mr John Davey, also giving biographical details of their mother. 1891 1891 CE 1891 circa 1891 1892 Modelled in 1891-2. Cast later, possibly after 1901, but doesn't bear the mark of the Compagnie des Bronzes, Brussels, from whom a small number of actual size and half-size casts were ordered by Gilbert between 1902-05. 1 1892 CE 1892 circa 1892 sculptor reference agent-51985 adlib-agent-51985 bd8f6272-daa3-3bb6-8203-ba1546060e33 Gilbert, Alfred Comedy and Tragedy was the name of a play by W.S. Gilbert which the sculptor had seen several times. He added the comment ‘Sic Vita’ (such is life) . The bee symbolizes love, and its sting, the pain love causes.The bronze originated in a sketch made in 1890, and in 1891, Gilbert developed his idea, using an Italian, Angelo Colorossi, as a model for the youth. The polychromed plaster sculpture was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1892. Bronzes were cast in two sizes, 29 in (73.7 cm) and 14 in (36.8 cm). Between 1902 and 1905 Gilbert or his son ordered casts of several of his most popular works through the Compagnie des Bronzes in Brussels, but this bronze does not bear the foundry’s mark. Sir Alfred Gilbert RA MVO (1854-1934) was an English sculptor. He studied in London, Paris and Rome, returning to England in 1884. Gilbert was the leading artist in the New Sculpture movement, which revitalised sculpture in late nineteenth-century Britain. He was also a vital force in reintroducing the lost-wax technique for casting works of art in bronze in England (sand-casting had been the norm for bronze sculpture since the 18th century, with lost-wax casting used only for small-scale work and jewellery). His commissions included the jubilee memorial to Queen Victoria in Winchester and the statue of Eros, in aluminium, for the Shaftesbury Memorial Fountain in Piccadilly Circus, and in 1900 he was appointed Professor of Sculpture at the Royal Academy. A period of bankruptcy and divorce followed, and Gilbert moved to Bruges. On his return to England in 1926, his fortunes improved, the highlight being the bronze Queen Alexandra Memorial, at Marlborough House, London, 1926-32. He was knighted by George V in 1932. Gilbert died in poverty in 1934. cast by the indirect lost wax process reference term-108070 adlib-term-108070 7e278258-23e3-3d5b-a4ff-ab5ecacb4bf3 19th Century, Late reference term-97680 adlib-term-97680 d0493beb-d54a-30ea-970d-e525d2e9403e Victoria reference term-106216 adlib-term-106216 825b8379-ec94-388e-9a59-624e40c090d0 literal England England country probably London Height cm 37 reference media-67787 adlib-media-67787 87d7c76c-e0d7-321c-b0e7-86b24eb1cf93 jpeg aa/aa20/M_1_2003.jpg 1 height pixels 760 width pixels 542 1742585200302 1 image jpeg aa/aa20/mid_M_1_2003.jpg 1 height pixels 701 width pixels 500 1742585200302 1 image jpeg aa/aa20/M_1_2003.jpg 1 height pixels 760 width pixels 542 1742585200302 1 image jpeg aa/aa20/preview_M_1_2003.jpg 1 height pixels 351 width pixels 250 1742585200302 1 image 0 media image reference media-3679747084 portfolio portfolio-media-3679747084 8344c364-e828-3f96-9aa6-8297545e7cd7 jpeg portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/504/750/large_M_1_2003_mas.jpg 1 height pixels 1435 width pixels 1024 1529370028000 1 image jpeg portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/504/750/mid_M_1_2003_mas.jpg 1 height pixels 701 width pixels 500 1529370028000 1 image M.1-2003_mas.jpg 1529370028000 1 image jpeg portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/504/750/preview_M_1_2003_mas.jpg 1 height pixels 350 width pixels 250 1529370028000 1 image 1 media image reference term-107454 adlib-term-107454 6ca0f2ab-c1f8-329d-8a45-8f1322f53a20 figure history note Purchased from The Fine Art Society Ltd., Bond Street, London W 1, for £60 by Derek Parsons in 1943; sold by him to G.C.Arnallt Jones on 21 December 1944; his brother-in-law Ivor Glyndwr Davies,Cardiff; his niece, Mrs Margaret Rowena Davey, née Davies (1917-2002); accepted by H.M. Treasury in lieu of capital taxes and allocated to The Fitzwilliam Museum from the estate of Mrs Davey. reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum reference number literal name Sculpture UK Sculpture UK Publ. p. 43, no. 16, illustrated p. 42. 42-3 reference publication-4856 adlib-publication-4856 a2b11298-aaed-3a33-8b4d-57abd32489db Acceptance in Lieu Report 2003/04 Publ. pl. XVI 859 reference publication-200001882 adlib-publication-200001882 6ffe870e-fad9-3c83-8bf4-4de4648a6443 The Jerwood Supplement, Recent acquisitions (1999-2004) of sculpture by British museums and galleries Cf. Three versions of 'Comedy and Tragedy', p. 116-17, no. 22, 73.7 cm high with text (National Gallery of Scotland); pp. 117-8 no. 23, h. 36.8 cm, cast by the Compagnie des Bronzes (National Gallery of Art, Washington 1984.67.1; no. 24, h. 36.8 cm (Tate Gallery) 116-18 reference publication-4698 adlib-publication-4698 52e3a307-275a-32ff-9b19-2a6bae9f8acc Alfred Gilbert, Sculptor and Goldsmith Cf. A large size cast 67.25 cm high. The author quotes Gilbert's explanation of the title and its meaning to him, and notes that the model for the figure was Angelo Colorossi (b. 1875), who also posed for Eros. 104-07 reference publication-4801 adlib-publication-4801 5ff5c974-86f0-3821-9da5-929610aa9088 European Sculpture 2004 Cf. pp. 158-9, lot 52, an cast of the large size 68 cm (26 3/4 in), bearing the double ampersand raised mark and 1. Estimate £60-80,000. From the Hon. Bobby Wills Collection,Farmington Lodge, Gloucestershire. 158-9 reference publication-5299 adlib-publication-5299 8566cb57-2e31-3d4b-83de-5bd12880df4a European Sculpture & Works of Art Cf. p. 62, lot 227, a cast, 39 cm (15 3/8 in) high on later marble plinth. From a private colllection, Villa San Maurizio, La Jolla, California. Reputedly from collection of the sculptor, Sir Edgar Bertram McKennal, and with the Fine Art Society in 1981. Estimate £10,000-15000 62 reference publication-5686 adlib-publication-5686 456462fe-a218-3abe-99f7-d4d54596f2f5 Victorian & Traditionalist Pictures Cf. p. 103, lot 108, illustrated pp. 102 & 103. Bronze he. 67.5 cm. sockle 6.5 cm. Estimate £10-15,000. Described as 'After Alfred Gilbert'. 102-3 reference publication-5701 adlib-publication-5701 484a1dde-8d50-3624-8798-92dfef50a3d6 19th & 20th Century European Sculpture reference term-14252 adlib-term-14252 028aa1e1-3098-309d-af11-62ae27515507 New Sculpture Movement concept reference term-102669 adlib-term-102669 b824e2d3-9ec5-30bb-8bb7-7d0d6879fdb6 comedy concept reference term-102756 adlib-term-102756 bcc77875-108f-3b65-bf34-b4b7ee536cbb tragedy object name reference term-106414 adlib-term-106414 f3bc6e35-6744-3307-bd59-ed00318e8b62 mask animal reference term-106583 adlib-term-106583 172c1803-7ab4-354d-8b33-56a313134c72 bee literal comedy comedy literal tragedy tragedy literal mask mask literal bee bee

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