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Title:
Mercury
Object name(s):
sculpture; figure
Brief description:
Lead model for a bronze statuette of the Roman god Mercury.
Collection:
Fitzwilliam Museum
Acquisition date:
1910
Acquisition method:
given
Acquisition source:
The Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum
Content - concept:
mythology
Content - person:
Mercury
Person's association:
reference
Credit line:
Given by the Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum
Dimension:
Height
Dimension measurement unit:
cm
Dimension value:
33.5
Dimension:
Depth
Dimension measured part:
Sculpture
Dimension measurement unit:
cm
Dimension value:
15.1
Dimension:
Height
Dimension measured part:
Sculpture
Dimension measurement unit:
cm
Dimension value:
36.5
Dimension:
Width
Dimension measured part:
Sculpture
Dimension measurement unit:
cm
Dimension value:
14.2
Material:
lead
Object component name:
Sculpture
Object name:
sculpture; figure
Object number:
M.179-1910
Object production date:
Date - earliest / single:
1600
Date - latest:
1700
Date - period:
17th Century
Object production person:
Unknown
Object production place:
Italy
Object production place:
Italy
Place status:
country
Other number:
M.179-1910
Other number type:
accession number
Other number:
30695
Other number type:
priref
Other number:
CAM_CCF_M_179_1910
Other number type:
external ID
Other number type:
uri
Responsible department/section:
Applied Arts
Technique:
casting (process)
Text reason:
Collections online record
User's reference:
Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum, Second Annual Report
Reference details:
p. 4
Reference note:
Publ. Illustrated, p. 4
Reference type:
reference
User's reference:
Renaissance and Baroque Bronzes from the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
Reference details:
327
Reference note:
Publ. p. 327, no. 105
Reference type:
reference

Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/c20eaa30-3589-368d-8fb4-ec56289a3cf4

Use licence for this record: CC 0

Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/c20eaa30-3589-368d-8fb4-ec56289a3cf4, Fitzwilliam Museum, CC 0

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