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Two almost identical figures in bronze from a similar set of four are in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford.The Ashmolean statuettes correspond to V&A A.160 and 161-1910. Another bronze version, similar to V&A A.160-1910, is in the Metropolitan Museum, New York. See Penny (1992), vol.II, p.179. The significance of these surviving silver and bronze figures for our understanding of the working practices of goldsmiths is summed up by Penny: 'It is often assumed that goldsmiths in this period worked in silver and in bronze but it is exceedingly unusual for examples to exist in both materials which are so similar that they are likely to have been finished by the same hand as is the case here'.","physicalDescription":"Figure of a captive, from set of four. Cast figure on gilt wood plinth, representing an old female slave or prisoner in an attitude of grief, and chained.","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"Unknown","id":"A1848"},"association":{"text":"","id":""},"note":""}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[],"techniques":[],"materialsAndTechniques":"Silver, hollow cast, on gilt wood base","categories":[{"text":"Metalwork","id":"THES48920"},{"text":"Sculpture","id":"THES48896"}],"styles":[],"collectionCode":{"text":"MET","id":"THES48599"},"images":["2006AL0313"],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"69","id":"THES49729"},"free":"","case":"CA004","shelf":"002","box":""}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"Figure","id":""}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"Germany","id":"x28873"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":"possibly"}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"ca. 1600","earliest":"1595-01-01","latest":"1604-12-31"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[],"creditLine":"Salting Bequest","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Height","value":"17.80","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Width","value":"3.80","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Weight","value":"150.4","unit":"g","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"Weight does not include wooden plinth. 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The significance of these surviving silver and bronze figures for our understanding of the working practices of goldsmiths is summed up by Penny: 'It is often assumed that goldsmiths in this period worked in silver and in bronze but it is exceedingly unusual for examples to exist in both materials which are so similar that they are likely to have been finished by the same hand as is the case here'.","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Silver, gilt wood; probably South Germany, around 1600.","bibliographicReferences":[{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Penny, Nicholas. <u>Catalogue of European Sculpture in the Ashmolean Museum 1540 to the Present Day</u>. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1992. 3 vols. II, p.179, cat. nos 385 and 386. ISBN: 0199513562 (set)."},{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"'Salting Bequest (A. 70 to A. 1029-1910) / Murray Bequest (A. 1030 to A. 1096-1910)'. In: <u>List of Works of Art Acquired by the Victoria and Albert Museum (Department of Architecture and Sculpture)</u>. London: Printed under the Authority of his Majesty's Stationery Office, by Eyre and Spottiswoode, Limited, East Harding Street, EC, p. 16"},{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"'Salting Bequest (A. 70 to A. 1029-1910) / Murray Bequest (A. 1030 to A. 1096-1910)'. In: <u>List of Works of Art Acquired by the Victoria and Albert Museum (Department of Architecture and Sculpture)</u>. 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