Horse Drinking from a Spring
Statuette
ca. 1635-1640 (made)
ca. 1635-1640 (made)
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This bronze model showing a horse drinking from a spring is made by Francesco Fanelli, in ca. 1640.
The Museum had long aimed at having a complete representation of the bronze statuettes of Fanelli, who worked in London as court sculptor to King Charles I. The acquisition of this bronze, the rarest of all of Fanelli's models, makes the collection virtually complete. The model is normally encountered in a simpler form as a brazing horse, without the spring. No other example in which the horse drinks from a spring has yet come to light.
The Museum had long aimed at having a complete representation of the bronze statuettes of Fanelli, who worked in London as court sculptor to King Charles I. The acquisition of this bronze, the rarest of all of Fanelli's models, makes the collection virtually complete. The model is normally encountered in a simpler form as a brazing horse, without the spring. No other example in which the horse drinks from a spring has yet come to light.
Object details
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| Title | Horse Drinking from a Spring (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Bronze |
| Brief description | Statuette, bronze, Horse drinking from a Spring, Anglo-Italian, by Francesco Fanelli (active 1609-1665), about 1635-40 |
| Physical description | A horse lowers its head to drink from a spring. |
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| Object history | Bought for £4,500 from Antony Emden. Historical significance: The Museum had long aimed at having a complete representation of the bronze statuettes of Fanelli, who worked in London as court sculptor to King Charles I. The acquisition of this bronze, the rarest of all of Fanelli's models, makes the collection virtually complete. The model is normally encountered in a simpler form as a brazing horse, without the spring. No other example in which the horse drinks from a spring has yet come to light. |
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| Summary | This bronze model showing a horse drinking from a spring is made by Francesco Fanelli, in ca. 1640. The Museum had long aimed at having a complete representation of the bronze statuettes of Fanelli, who worked in London as court sculptor to King Charles I. The acquisition of this bronze, the rarest of all of Fanelli's models, makes the collection virtually complete. The model is normally encountered in a simpler form as a brazing horse, without the spring. No other example in which the horse drinks from a spring has yet come to light. |
| Bibliographic reference | Radcliffe, A. and Thornton, P., 'John Evelyn's Cabinet', in: |
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| Accession number | A.20-1978 |
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| Record created | January 16, 2004 |
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