Comedy and Tragedy: 'Sic Vita'
Comedy and Tragedy: 'Sic Vita'
Comedy and Tragedy: 'Sic Vita'
Comedy and Tragedy: 'Sic Vita'
Comedy and Tragedy: 'Sic Vita'
Comedy and Tragedy: 'Sic Vita'

Image credit: Nottingham City Museums & Galleries

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This sculpture is standing on a wooden pedestal and shows a nude male figure holding, with two hands, a large tragic mask from which he has his face averted.

Nottingham Castle Museum and Art Gallery

Nottingham

Title

Comedy and Tragedy: 'Sic Vita'

Medium

bronze

Measurements

H 32 x W 17 x D 17 cm;
Plinth: H 15 x W 17 x D 17 cm

Accession number

NCM 1959-45

Acquisition method

purchased with the assistance of the National Art Collections Fund and bequeathed by Sir Richard J. Allison, 1959

Work type

Statue

Inscription description

on a metal label affixed to a wooden pedestal: Comedy and Tragedy by Alfred Gilbert, Royal Academy

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Nottingham Castle Museum and Art Gallery

Friar Lane, off Maid Marian Way, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire NG1 6EL England

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