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Title/s | Minerva |
Maker/s | Unknown (sculptor) |
Category |
sculpture |
Name |
figure |
Description | Copper alloy, probably bronze, gilt. Minerva stands, wearing a cloak draped over a cuirass and a plumed helmet, decorated with a grotesque mask. The lower part of the legs and arms are bare. The statuette is mounted on a green marble plinth. |
Production Notes | A figure for a niche in a tall cabinet, the chasing stopping short at the rear. Previously thought by Mr Goldschmidt and John Pope Henessey (7.10.1963) to be in the style of Tiziano Aspetti (1565-1607). |
Production Place | Venice (sculptor) (place) Italy (sculptor) (country) Venetian (sculptor) (nationality) Italian (sculptor) (nationality) |
Technique Description | copper alloy, probably bronze, gilt, cast and chased |
Dimensions |
height: (Minerva): 26.7
cm |
Period | early 18th Century |
Date | circa 1700 to 1730 |
Provenance | given: The Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum 1950 (Filtered for: Applied Arts collection) Henry Harris Collection; sold Sotheby's, 24 October 1950, The Henry Harris Collection, Catalogue of the celebrated collection of Renaissance works of art and paintings, the property of Henry Harris (decd.), p. 17, part of lot 93, as Marsand Venus; sold for £240 to A. Spero.Given by the Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum |
Documentation |
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Other Notes | Minerva, was the daughter of Metis, whom Jupiter swallowed up pregnant for fear that his children would dethrone him. She was born a fully developed adult out of Jupiter's head. She is the Roman goddess of wisdom, medicine, the arts, dyeing, science and trade, but also of war. |
Accession Number | M.19A-1950 (Applied Arts) |
Related Object | M.19B-1950 - Venus |
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