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Title
Florentine Boar (after Pietro Tacca)
Date
1806/2005
Medium
bronze
Accession number
DE23_HC_S033
Acquisition method
commissioned by Joseph Strutt
Work type
Statue
Owner
Derby City Council
Custodian
Derby City Council
Work status
extant
Unveiling date
21st November 2005
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Inscription description
Plaque: Florentine Boar / in 1806 Joseph Strutt commissioned sculptor WJ Coffee to make a / ceramic copy of the Renaissance boar sculpture in Marketo Nuovo, / Florence. Originally located in the gardens at his house in central / Derby, the boar was transferred to this site when the Arboretum / opened in 1840. It survived here for little over a century until / being severely damaged by a World War II bombing raid in 1941, / and was then removed. As part of the Arboretum refurbishments, the original bear was replaced by this bronze replica.