Carlotta - the museum database

NM Ant 1952 :: figurine

Object description: Two seated figures, probably a man to the left and a woman to the right with a child in her lap; the female figure holds her right arm around the shoulders of the male figure; back not modelled; round vent in back (ø 1.8). Coarse brown clay.

Data elements

Inventory number

NM Ant 1952

Serie nummer

3380

Object

figurine

Object, Swedish

skulptur

Country - Findspot

Italy : Europe

Material

Terracotta; Earthenware; Clay; Pottery

Material, Swedish

Terrakotta; Keramik

Acquisition

Bequest of Mrs. Carolina Benedicks-Bruce, Visby, 1934, to the National Museum, Stockholm.; Reported to have been found in Italy.

Description

Two seated figures, probably a man to the left and a woman to the right with a child in her lap; the female figure holds her right arm around the shoulders of the male figure; back not modelled; round vent in back (ø 1.8). Coarse brown clay.

Name - Acquired from

Benedicks-Bruce, Carolina

Description: Carolina Maria Benedicks-Bruce (28 October 1856 – 16 February 1935) was a Swedish sculptor. After studies at the Academy of Arts in Sweden she went to France, at first to study and later to live and work at the artists' colony in Grez-sur-Loing where she met her husband William Blair Bruce. With him she returned to Sweden and together they created the artists estate Brucebo on Gotland, which was later established as a nature reserve. She also worked actively with the preservation of heritage buildings, women's right to vote and establishing the Swedish Women's Voluntary Defence Organization.
Source, Wikip. - is desc. by: en.wikipedia.org

Name - Owner