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Cupid on Horseback | |
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Title/s | Cupid on Horseback |
Maker/s | Fanelli, Francesco (sculptor) [ULAN info: Italian sculptor, 1577-1661/64] |
Category |
sculpture |
Name |
figure |
Description | Copper alloy, probably brass, cast and chased Copper alloy, probably brass, cast. Wingless Cupid is seated on a galloping horse with a lionskin as a saddle. His arms are raised as if prepared to fire an arrow, the remains of the bow in his left hand. Beneath the horse is a dog, it's head lifted as if to bite at the horse. All on a bronze base. |
Production Notes | Francesco Fanelli was last documented in England 1641 |
Production Place | London (sculptor) (place) England (sculptor) (country) Italian (sculptor) (nationality) |
Technique Description | copper alloy, probably brass, cast |
Dimensions |
height: (whole): 15.5
cm |
Period | mid-late 17th Century |
Date | after 1630 to 1700 |
Provenance | given: The Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum 1962 (Filtered for: Applied Arts collection) J. Goldschmidt, Warrington Crescent, London, N9.Given by the Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum |
Documentation |
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Other Notes | There is a version of this in the Victoria and Albert Museum (without the dog) and in the British Museum. |
Accession Number | M.1-1962 (Applied Arts) |
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