Sacrifice of a Bull
Category
Art / Sculpture
Date
1600 - 1699
Materials
Bronze
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Petworth House and Park, West Sussex
NT 485292
Summary
Bronze sculpture relief group, Sacrifice of a Bull, 17th century. A bronze bas-relief of a bull being held down by two men, whilst a third stands poised with an axe. On the right-hand side two naked boys hold a large shield. There are eight figures in all.
Provenance
By descent, until the death in 1952 of the 3rd Lord Leconfield, who had given Petworth to the National Trust in 1947, and whose nephew and heir, John Wyndham, 6th Lord Leconfield and 1st Lord Egremont (1920-72) arranged for the acceptance of the major portion of the collections at Petworth in lieu of death duties (the first ever such arrangement) in 1956 by H.M.Treasury.