English 18th Century Portrait Sculpture: May 2017

Wednesday, 31 May 2017

Francois Girardon

Francois Girardon (1628 -1715).

Francois Girardon

Jaques D'Agar

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Girardon by Vivien

Louvre Paris

Francois Girardon

after

Joseph Vivien

Engraving

Pierre Drevet

c.1696

British Museum.

It also depicts a drawing or engraving of the Equestrian statue of Louis XIV cast by Balthasar Keller in a single pour in 1692 and erected in the Place Louis le Grand (Place Vendome) in 1699 and destroyed during the French Revolution 1792.

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width 92 cms approx.

Royal Collection Trust/© Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2017

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Winter

Marble

Versailles.

Terracotta of Winter

Girardon

Sotheby's Paris

18 March 2015.

Originally in the collection of the Duc de Grammont.

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NB. Above No 10 - Bust of Aristotle

NB No. 23. Bust of Demosthenes

Images of Nicolas & Guillaume Coustou

Nicolas & Guillaume Coustou.

Continuing the theme of engraved and painted images of Sculpture.

Poss. Nicolas Coustou but perhaps the sculptor Rene Fremin
c.1713
Nicolas de Largilliere (1656 - 1746)
Gemalde Galerie, Berlin

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Nicolas Coustou

after Jean le Gros.
1730.

engraving
398 x 282 mm

Charles Dupuis.

British Museum

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Bust of Nicolas Coustou by Guillaume Coustou.

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Portrait of French sculptor Guilaume Coustou the Elder after Delyen, half-length directed to right, looking to left, his right hand on his hip, wearing periwig, open shirt and unbuttoned jacket; in oval on a ledge also supporting some sculptor's tools and a sculpted head. 1730 Etching and engraving

Portrait of French sculptor Guilaume Coustou the Elder after Delyen, half-length directed to right, looking to left, his right hand on his hip, wearing periwig, open shirt and unbuttoned jacket; in oval on a ledge also supporting some sculptor's tools and a sculpted head. 1730 Etching and engraving

Guillaume Coustou
after Jaques Francois Delyen
Nicolas de Larmessin III

Engraving
357 x 244 mm

British Museum
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Self Portrait Largilliere in his Studio

Francois Girardon (1628 - 1715).

Francois Girardon with the head of Julius Ceaser

Gabriel Revel

1683

Chateau de Versailles.

Joseph Vivien

1701

Louvre, Paris

Bust of John Jebb by Flaxman - engraving

Engraving of The Bust of John Jebb MD. FRS. (1736 - 86).

by John Flaxman

Continuing with the theme of painted or engraved depictions of portrait busts and sculptures.

In anticipation of - Printed Stone: Sculpture and its Images.

A workshop at the Institute of Advanced Studies, University College London, 12 June 2017

Organized by by Brigid von Preussen and Cora Gilroy-Ware.

The Ccurrent location of this bust unknown to me.

Portrait bust after a sculpture by Flaxman; finished state before all letters Engraving

193 x 122 mm.

Portrait bust of John Jebb, after a sculpture by Flaxman; frontispiece to his 'The works, theological, medical, political, and miscellaneous of John Jebb' (1787). Engraving

Frontispiece to The Works Theological Medical and Political and Miscellaneous of John Jebb,

pub. 1787.

Engraved by John Hall.

Both images from the British Museum.

http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=3580802&partId=1&people=18486&peoA=18486-1-6&page=1

see -

Tuesday, 30 May 2017

Bronze Busts by Hubert le Sueur in the Royal Collection

The Bronze Busts by Hubert le Sueur

in the Royal Collection.

All the photographs below courtesy the Royal Collection

Royal Collection Trust/© Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2017

All these busts are currently located in the upper Orangery at Hampton Court.
The socles have been cast separately.

These busts were commissioned by Charles I and cast by Hubert le Sueur - they were acquired in 1736/7 Invoiced at £30 each the final price paid was £24.

For the most recent studies of the works of Le Sueur see - Studies in Sculpture by Charles Avery, pub. Victoria and Albert Museum, 1981.