Alfred Gilbert
Perseus Arming
About this artwork
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artist:Alfred Gilbert (1854 - 1934) English
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title:Perseus Arming
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date created:Unknown
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materials:Bronze
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measurements:72.40 cm (height)
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credit line:Sir Alexander Maitland Bequest 1965
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accession number:NG 2288
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Alfred Gilbert
Alfred Gilbert
As a gifted sculptor Gilbert received many prestigious commissions. He entered the Royal Academy schools after he had failed to win a scholarship to study medicine at the Middlesex Hospital. Gilbert continued his art education in Paris and Rome and his own work was inspired by the idealised nude...