© Hunterian Art Gallery
Anatomical Figure
Artist: Michael Henry Spang (active 1750 - 1766/67)
Location: Hunterian Art Gallery
Date: circa 1770
Materials: bronze
Dimensions: height: 25cm
Grant:
Amount Paid: £4,000 (Total: £9,000)
Vendor: Daniel Katz Ltd
Review number: 5827 (2006)
Provenance:
Unrecorded before Daniel Katz.
Description:
This work is a small-scale replica of a plaster cast of a flayed criminal which Dr. William Hunter made in the 1750s to aid his lectures to the Incorporated Society of Painters, and subsequently the Royal Academy. This statuette was made from a figure in wax which Hunter had previously acquired.
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