Oil-lamp in the form of a boy astride an ass's head
Details
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Title
Oil-lamp in the form of a boy astride an ass's head
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Associated place
Northern Italy (place of creation) -
Date
early 16th century -
Material and technique
bronze
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Object type
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Dimensions
14.7 cm (length)
7.3 cm (height) -
No. of items
1
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Credit line
Presented by C. D. E. Fortnum, 1888.
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Museum location
Museum department
Western Art
Accession no.
WA1888.CDEF.B1101
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Further reading
Wilhelm von Bode, ‘Die Italienischen Bronzestatuetten der Renaissance’, (1922), p.47 Pl.54
Pope-Hennessy, John, Renaissance Bronzes from the Samuel H. Kress Collection: Reliefs, plaquettes, statuettes, utensils and mortars (London/Phaidon Press, 1965), No.480 Fig.493
Warren, Jeremy, Vol 1 Medieval and Renaissance Sculpture in the Ashmolean Museum (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum Publications, 2014), pp. 111 - 112 no. 31
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