- Museum number
- C863
- Object
- Female figure holding an axe (fasces), bronze, Italian, 16thC ?
- Description
- A small bronze statuette of a female figure in classical dress, her breasts bare, the skirts only reaching to her knees, standing on an irregular oval base, feet slightly apart, her right arm raised from the elbow above her head, her left arm by her side and her left hand holding the fasces or axe, a helmet on her her head which is turned slightly to the right, mounted on a circular verd antique pedestal, with a circular moundling of yellow-brown marble below, abovre two square marble bases.Small Female Figure with Fasces.
- Materials
- Bronze
- Inscription
- None
- On display?
- Yes
Further description
- Simple name
- Sculpture
- Subject
- Figure
- Dimensions
- regular: 5.7cm (h) x 5.7cm (l) x 15.0cm (w)
Female figure with fasces
Italian
Bronze, marble base, probably nineteenth century
C863
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