Tortoiseshell Relief of William III

Here attributed to John Obrisset.

Tortoiseshell reliefs of William III and Charles I

William III  8.8cms.

Coming up in the Library Sale at Mallams, Oxford 21 June 2017

This image cortesey Victoria and Albert Museum from  the website of M Ford Creech of Memphis

 - http://www.mfordcreech.com/Rare_Queen_Anne_George_I_Blonde_Tortoiseshell_&_Silver_Snuff_Box_Queen_Anne.html

Queen Anne Dated 1705.

To be continued ..................

Drawing of a Monument by Grinling Gibbons

Grinling Gibbons - Design for a Funeral Monument
to William III and Mary 

Drawing in the Victoria and Albert Museum.

An unused design for a Monument to King William III (d. 1702) and Queen Mary.

With the mourning of Brittania and two two female attendants.

Pen and Ink  and Brown Washes

419 x 312 mm.

circa 1702.

With the figures of Hope, Justice and Prudence and Charity.

Note - 2 relifs of St George and the dragon in the entablature

A simplified version was used for the monument to Ist Duke of Beaufort (1629 - 1700) formerly in the St George's Chapel at Windsor and moved to the Church at Badminton in 1875.

Grinling Gibbons reused the design for the figures in a drawing prepared for the decoration of the saloon at Blenheimnow at the Bodleian Library.

The figures of Justice and Prudence at Badminton were taken down some time ago but it is hoped they will return.

Info. and Image from British Museum.

I have photographs of the monuments at Badminton and hopefully will be able to publish them in due course.

Sculpture at All Souls College, Oxford

Sculpture at All Souls College, Oxford.

Some notes and photographs.

It is my intention to put together an in depth study of portrait sculpture at All Souls sometime soon but in the meantime I am adding a couple of photographs As readers of this blog will know it is a receptacle for mostly unfinished notes and images for my parallel blog. -

http://bathartandarchitecture.blogspot.co.uk/

This blog seems to have taken on a life of its own - but my intention is to try and put the information gathered here into some semblance of order - for instance I have posted on the Equestrian Statue both here in England and in Europe but in a fairly random fashion - it would make sense to put all these notes together in chronological order perhaps arranged by works in the U.K. and then the same with those in Europe.

The notes on the portrait busts of Isaac Newton are currently in this blog because I have not finished putting them together.

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The Sculpture in the Library at All Souls College, Oxford.

Universal Magazine of Knowledge and Pleasure. 1755.

Excerpts above from A New Pocket Companion for Oxford..... 1814.
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from The Oxford University and City Guide ..... 1838

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Henry Chichele (1364 - 1443).

Archbishop of Canterbury.

Louis Francois Roubiliac 

Payment of 50 guineas in 1751 ( Biog. Dictionary of Sculptors Yale 2009).

The terracotta for this bust described as Archbishop Chicheley was sold at the Roubiliac Studio sale in St Martins Lane, Lot 86, 2nd day Thursday May 13th, 1762. Disappeared - hopefully it will turn up one day

Founder of All Souls

Photograph Courtesy Robin Stevens

see - http://www.cynic.org.uk/photos/Oxford/20110911/index2.html

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Engraving

Michael Burghers

157 x 92 mm

c 1700

British Museum

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Henry Chichele

Engraving

Michael Burghers

295 x 186 mm

c 1700.

British Museum

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Henry Chichele

John Faber the younger

Mezzotint 

260 x 200mm

c. 1710 -21

British Museum

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Henry Chichele by Sir James Thornhill.(1675 - 1734).

Oil on Canvas

238 x 157 cms.

In the Collection of All Souls College, Oxford

Photo. All Souls College Oxford.

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Tomb of Henry Chichele

Canterbury Cathedral. 

Polychrome Stone

1420's.

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Photograph Courtesy Robin Stevens

see - http://www.cynic.org.uk/photos/Oxford/20110911/index2.html

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Sir Christopher Codrington

1732 - 4.

Payment of £148 9s 6d to Henry Cheere (Biographical Dictionary of Sculptors... - Yale 2009).

Codrington Library, All Souls College, Oxford. 

Photograph Courtesy Robin Stevens

see - http://www.cynic.org.uk/photos/Oxford/20110911/index2.html

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Sir Anthony Sherley.

Anthony Sherley

National Portrait Gallery

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Anthony Sherley

By Giovanni Orlandi

1601

National Portrait Gallery

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Anthony Sherley (Shirley).

Aegidius Sadeler circa 1612

NPG D33606

National Portrait Gallery.

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Brian (Bryan) Duppa (1588 - 1662).

Bishop of Winchester

by Robert White

engraving

99 x 62 mm 

1674.

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Gilbert Sheldon FRS (1598 - 1677).

Archbishop of Canterbury

Gilbert Sheldon

When Bishop of London

ad vivum

David Loggan

Engraving

281 x 180 mm.

British Museum

Gilbert Sheldon

Archbishop of Canterbury

after Sir Peter Lely

engraving

Illustration to Rapin and Tindall's History of England 1745.

207 x 137 mm.

Mid 18th Century

National Portrait Gallery.

Gilbert Sheldon

Anonymous Mezzotint

374 x 258

c.1665 - 1685.

British Museum.

Gilbert Sheldon

Frontispiece to Edward Chamberlayne, 'Angliae Notitia; or the Present State of England', 7th edition (London, 1673); Charles II enthroned, holding orb and sceptre; standing beside him, the Gilbert Sheldon, Archbishop of Canterbury and Sir Orlando Bridgeman, the Lord Keeper. 

Engraving

135 mm x 75 mm.

British Museum
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Dr Thomas Sydenham







After Mary Beale
Engraving by Blooteling
c. 1673 - 1680.
161 x 98 trimmed
British Museum

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Bust in the Royal Collection, attrib. van Nost - Black People in 17th and 18th Century European Sculpture - a quick tour.

Some random notes on the Royal Collection bust and portrait sculpture of black people.

Where have the images gone???

"Bust of a Moor" 
Polychrome Marble

in the Royal Collection 

attrib. John van Nost I.

Height 98.5 cms.

It seems that this bust has been in the Royal Collection since about 1700.

This sculpture has been traditionally described as a favourite personal servant of William III.

There appears to have so far been little information available on this incredible bust.

I will remain sceptical for the time being. It is of exceptional quality.

It is my current thinking that it is Venetian.

Excellent Hi Res images from the Royal Collection Website

https://www.royalcollection.org.uk/collection/1396/bust-of-a-moor

18th Century Polychrome Marble Venetian Bust.

Unknown location.

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18th Century Polychrome Marble Bust of a Youth.
Venetian

Anonymous

65.4 cms

Victoria and Albert Museum.


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Pair of Polychrome Marble Busts in the style of Melchior Barthel (1625 - 72) of Dresden.

Sold Gallerie Koller Zurich Switzerland - 2 Dec 2010.

Barthel seems to have made something of a specialty of depicting black people in his sculptures.

Currently unidentified location.

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Polychrome Marble bust of a Young Man

Melchior Barthel

c. 1650

Height 24.5 inches

Saint Louis Art Museum.
















Funeral Monument of the Doge, Giovanni Pesaro
designed by Baldassari Longhena

Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari, Venice



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http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2010/treasures-aristocratic-heirlooms-l10307/lot.6.html
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Ashmolean Museum

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Just for good measure I am adding the bust by Francis Harwood (1727 - 83).

Created in Florence 1758.



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see - http://www.britishartstudies.ac.uk/issues/issue-index/issue-1/bust-of-a-man

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Jean Baptiste Pigalle.
Terracotta.
1760.

Musee d'Orleans, France.

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Bust of a young woman
Anonymous Italian?
Serpentine
15.75"
16th Century?
Victoria and Albert Museum.



Bust of a Man.
Anonymous.
Italian?
Bronze.
Height 22 cms.
National Museum of Warsaw.


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see - http://www.britishartstudies.ac.uk/issues/issue-index/issue-1/bust-of-a-man


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