English 18th Century Portrait Sculpture
Friday, 21 July 2017
Engraved Portrait Bust of Robert Herrick
Bust of Robert Herrick
in the Garden of the Hesperides.
1648.
Frontispiece from Herrick's Hesperides - 1649.
Engraving by William Marshall
161 x 95 mm
British Museum.
Continuing the theme of engraved Portraits depicted as sculpted busts.
This image courtesy Sotheby's
Thursday, 20 July 2017
Sir John Hawkwood & Niccolo da Tolentino
Sir John Hawkwood d.1394.
by Paulo Uccello.
1436.
in the Duomo, Florence.
Sir John Hawkwood
1436.
English Mercenary.
Fresco mounted on canvas.
820 x 515 cms.
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Niccolo da Tolentino.
by Andrea del Castagno (1423 - 57).
1456
Niccolo da Tolentino.
by Andrea del Castagno.
1456.
Fresco.
833 x 512 cms.
Wednesday, 19 July 2017
Engraving of the Bust of Adolphe Jean, Duc de Deux Ponts
Engraving of the Bust of Adolphe Jean, Duc de Deux Ponts
c. 1690's.
Engraving by Jaques Grignon (c. 1640 - 1698).
after a portrait by David Klocker Ehrenstrahl (1629 - 1698).
From Samuel, Freiherr von Pufendorf "Histoire de regne Charles Gustave, Roy de Suede" 1697.
no size given.
Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
http://webapps.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/explorer/index.php?qu=Bust&oid=134053
This engraving included as a further example of an engraved portrait of a man depicted in the form of a portrait bust
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