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Charity

Statuette
first half 16th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

This bronze statuette depicts Charity.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleCharity (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Bronze
Brief description
Statuette, Charity, bronze.
Physical description
Charity, figure in bronze.
Dimensions
  • Height: 53cm
Object history
Bought from Denis E. Bower for £31. 10s.
Historical context
The bronze seems to have a resemblance to the group of the same subject in the Santo at Padua signed by Riziano Asptetti. However in a letter to the Director Dr Planischig expresses his opinion that the bronze is Franco-Flemish work about 1600 before also attributing it to an unknown Sienese Master of the beginning of the 16th century.
Subject depicted
Summary
This bronze statuette depicts Charity.
Bibliographic reference
cf. Planischig. Venezianische Bildhauer.Vienna: A Schroll & Co, 1921. fig. 636, p.573
Collection
Accession number
A.46-1931

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Record createdJune 15, 2009
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