A boy blowing a trumpet
Entry ID
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100 (02/02/2022)
Formal title of the work
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A boy blowing a trumpet
Description of the sculpture
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Bronze statuette of a young boy blowing a trumpet. The naked figure stands, looking upwards, while holding and blowing into a straight trumpet.
URLs where this is recorded/available
Type of object
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Statuette
Base
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No base
Dimensions
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Height (figure): 18 cm
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Height: 19 cm
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Width: 7.5 cm
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Depth: 3.7 cm
Materials
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Bronze
Specific techniques used
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Casting
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Patination
Overall colour
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Monochrome – brown
Does the Black person have a specific identity?
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Anonymous: generic/idealised type
Role within sculpture
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Main protagonist
Gender
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Male
Age
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Child
Status
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Uncertain
Clothing
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Naked
Evidence of enslavement
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None
Evidence of 'exotic' status
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None
Action or activity
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Standing
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Other
Emotional state
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Indeterminate
Focus of gaze of Black person
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Looking upwards
Sculptural context
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No location included/implied
Sculptor
Place of production
Period of production
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Sixteenth century (1500-1599)
Date inferred from
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Inferred from dates when sculptor is active
Original purpose
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Decorative
Original display setting
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Unknown
Current owner
Current / most recently known location
Accession number
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A.98-1910
Provenance history
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1910: bequeathed to the Victoria and Albert Museum by the estate of George Salting (1835 - 1909)
Notes
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This statuette was likely made in Germany and is an aftercast of a Riccio model.
Current rights holder
License terms for reuse
http://13.41.147.145/s/database/item/148, . (no date) ‘A boy blowing a trumpet’, Black People in European Sculpture, accessed May 5, 2025, http://13.41.147.145/s/database/item/872
