The Busts of William III and George I and George II
by Michael Rysbrack.
George I.
Michael Rysbrack.
National Portrait Gallery.
Terracotta Bust of George I
Michael Rysbrack
all' antica
Bought from dealer Roger Warner of Burford, in 1960
National Portrait Gallery.
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Bust of George I
Michael Rysbrack
In the hall at Christ Church Oxford
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Macquette of bust of George I
attributed to Michael Rysbrack.
21.5 cms
Note thumb print.
Sold Sotheby's 14 July 2010.
Provenance Sotheby's 8 July 1993.
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George I.
David Le Marchand
Ad vivum - from the life.
British Museum.
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Statue of George I
Michael Rysbrack
Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Photograph taken in the Squire Law Library, Cambridge
© The Courtauld Institute of Art, London
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Another Terracotta bust of George II.
Michael Rysbrack.
Royal Collection
Busts of George II and Queen Caroline
Michael Rysbrack.
Terracotta
Royal Collection.
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Marble Bust of George II.
Michael Rysbrack
Royal Collection
George II
Michael Rysbrack
1739
Royal Collection.
This and the bust of Queen Caroline
were ordered for Queen Caroline, King George II’s consort and were commissioned
for the decoration of the new library at St James's Palace, designed by William Kent.
George Vertue, in his diaries, provides
valuable information on the origin of these two marble portrait busts. In 1738
he noted that ‘the KING … sat to [Rysbrack] at Kensington twice. to have his
picture modelled in Clay. the likeness much approvd on – and with a good Air. –
also a Moddel of the Queen vastly like. Tho’ not done from the life’.
The
resulting terracotta models (see above), which are signed and dated 1738, can now be seen
at Kensington Palace (RCIN 1411-1412). In 1739 Vertue recorded that ‘two Marble
Bustos the one of his present Majesty from a Model done from the life by
MrRysbrack – and another busto of the lat Majesty Q. Caroline both were erected
in the New Library at St. James, Green Park’.
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Bust of George II
Michael Rysbrack
Victoria and Albert Museum
George II
Michael Rysbrack
Victoria and Albert Museum
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Ivory Bust of George II.
after Michael Rysbrack by van der Hagen.
Ontario Museum.
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George II.
Joseph Wilton.
Fitzwilliam Museum.
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Marble Statue of George II
Michael Rysbrack
at Greenwich.
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Marble bust of William III
By Michael Rysbrack
Yale Centre for British Art
William III
Michael Rysbrack
64.8 x 45.7 x 29.8 cms.
Yale Centre for British Art. New Haven, Conn.
Photographs from -
William III
Michael Rysbrack
Bronze
Queens Square, Bristol.
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William III
van Nost
Wrest Park
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William III
John Van Nost the Elder
1718.
Portsmouth Naval Dockyard.
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William III
Mezzotint
Gerard Valck
After 1689.
348 x 253 Plate Size
© National Portrait Gallery, London.
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William III
Mezzotint
Jacob Gole after William Wissing
340 x 242 Paper Size.
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A five Guinea coin showing William III in profile. nb. the prominent hooked nose.
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Bust of William III
Honore Pelle.
Petworth House, National Trust.
The Duke of Somerset paid Pelle £7 in 1724.
Nose restored
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