Fountain head in the form of Cupid, blindfold, riding a dolphin
On displayDetails
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Title
Fountain head in the form of Cupid, blindfold, riding a dolphin
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Artist/maker
Francesco Fanelli (active 1608 - 1665) (sculptor) -
Associated place
England (place of creation) -
Date
17th - 18th century (1601 - 1800) -
Material and technique
bronze with fire gilding; very thin walled, hollow, lost-wax, cast
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Object type
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Dimensions
12.9 cm (height)
8.5 cm (length)
6.7 cm (width) -
No. of items
1
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Credit line
Presented by C. D. E. Fortnum, 1888.
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Museum location
Second floor | Gallery 46 | Baroque Art -
Museum department
Western Art
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Accession no.
WA1888.CDEF.B424
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Further reading
Penny, Nicholas, Catalogue of European Sculpture in the Ashmolean Museum: 1540 to the Present Day, 3 vols (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1992)
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