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Seated female figure

Statuette
late 18th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Italy (made)

This figure is based on an antique prototype and is freely imitated from a Roman statue of the type of the so-called "Agrippina" in the Capitoline Museum.


Object details

Category
Sculpture
Object type
Statuette
TitleSeated female figure (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Bronze
Bronze
Brief description
Statuette, bronze, of a seated female figure after the antique, Italy, late 18th century
Physical description
Bronze statuette of a seated female figure after the antique. A lady in Roman dress seated on a low rock, her right hand resting on her right knee and her left foot thrust forward. Freely imitated from a Roman statue of this type of the so-called 'Agrippina' in the Capitoline Museum.
Dimensions
  • Height: 25cm
Credit line
Salting Bequest
Object history
From the Salting bequest.
Historical context
This statue is freely imitated from a Roman statue of the type of the so-called "Agrippina" in the Capitoline Museum.
Production
After the antique
Summary
This figure is based on an antique prototype and is freely imitated from a Roman statue of the type of the so-called "Agrippina" in the Capitoline Museum.
Bibliographic references
  • Cavedi, N. W. The Roman Sketchbook of Girolama da Carpi, London (Warburg), 1976, pp. 9-10 (+n. 25), p. 63, No. R113, + pl. 15.
  • Bober, P. P. and Rubinstein, R. O. Renaissance Artists and Antique Sculpture, a Handbook of Sources. Oxford, 1986, p. 78, fig 36a
  • 'Salting Bequest (A. 70 to A. 1029-1910) / Murray Bequest (A. 1030 to A. 1096-1910)'. In: List of Works of Art Acquired by the Victoria and Albert Museum (Department of Architecture and Sculpture). London: Printed under the Authority of his Majesty's Stationery Office, by Eyre and Spottiswoode, Limited, East Harding Street, EC, p. 12
Collection
Sculpture Collection
Accession number
A.142-1910

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Record createdOctober 22, 2004
Record URL
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