Plate with seven wax silhouettes
Category
Art / Sculpture
Date
Unknown
Materials
Alabaster, glass and wax
Measurements
270 mm (Diameter)
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Lytes Cary Manor, Somerset
NT 254792
Summary
Alabaster with seven wax silhouettes, on black verre eglomise ground, A decorative plate with the portrait pofiles of Dante Alighieri (1265-1321), Raphael (Urbino 1483 – Rome 1520), Michelangelo Buonarroti ( Caprese Michelangelo 1475 - Rome 1564), William Shakespeare (1564-1616) and John Dryden (1631-1700)