English 18th Century Portrait Sculpture: Bust of Sir Thomas Bodley - Some Sculptors of the late 16th and Early 17th Centuries.

The Stone Bust of Sir Thomas Bodley -

in the Bodlein Library.

Put up in 1605.

Some Sculptors of the late 16th and Early 17th Centuries.

A short list culled from The Biographical Dictionary of London Tomb Sculptors 1560 - 1660.

Adam White, Walpole Society Journal, 1999.

I have used this list to flesh out the histories of these sculptors on this blog.

This list is not exhaustive but the number of candidates for the possible sculptor of the Bodley Bust working in London at the beginning of the 17th century is surprisingly small.

Presented here in alphabetical order -

Bartholomew Atye (fl 1600 - 1618).

John Colt fl. 1685 - d.1637.

Maximillian Colt (Coult). fl. 1602 - 27/8.

The Colt Family Workshop.

Cornelius Cure (d. 1608/9).

William Cure (d.1632).

The Cure family workshop.

Epiphanius Evesham (c. 1570 - c 1620's) not relevant to the Bodley Bust research because he worked in Paris from 1600 - 1615.

Isaac James ( fl. 1600 - 1624/5). Possible sculptor of the Bodley Bust.

Garret Johnson The Elder fl.1591 - 1611.

Garrat Johnson the Younger

Nicholas Johnson f. 1594 - 1624. (son of Garret Johnson The Elder).

The Johnson Family Workshop.

Gillis (Jellis or Giles) fl. 1576 - 1614.

Nicholas Stone the elder (1586/7 1646).

I should point out here that I am out of my comfort zone with the subject of 16th / 17th century sculpture and am learning as I go along. If this seems like an amateurish attempt I hope that my readers will forgive me.

I am posting some images of the works of the above sculptors as much to introduce myself to the subject as for any other reason. The naturalism of the Bodley bust suggests to that it is the work of an experienced sculptor of some maturity, .

All images here are culled from the internet. If I fail to credit the images properly please contact me and I will correct this.

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John Colt fl. 1685 - d.1637, Maximillian Colt (Coult). fl. 1602 - 27/8. and the Colt workshop.

John Colt - originally from Arras Flanders now Northern France.

Probably a protestant refugee - he arrived in England in 1685 - workshop in the London City parish of St Martin le Grand. In 1608 was in the ward of Farringdon without.

The name Colt derives from the family name - Poutrain a literal translation of from the French for colt.

Elizabeth I.

Maximillian Colt.

1603.

Westminster Abbey.

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Monument to Robert Cecil (d. 1612).

supported by the four Cardinal Virtues.

Maximillian Colt

put up 1615.

St Etheldreda's Church

Hatfield, Herts.

This photograph from -

http://www.shafe.co.uk/home/art-history/early_stuart_contents/early_stuart_05_-_nicholas_stone_and_english_sculpture/

These black and white images from -

http://nigeness.blogspot.co.uk/2017/09/not-screened-off.html

Related image

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Monument to the two Daughters of James I,
Princess Sophia d. 1606 and Princes Mary d. 1607.

Photographs above: top Getty, bottom Alamy.

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Cornelius Cure.

Monument to Sir William Pickering d. 1574.

St Helens Bishopsgate, London

Attributed to Cornelius Cure.
Photographs from the website of Bob Speel see -

http://www.speel.me.uk/chlondon/sthelensbishopsgate.htm

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Garrat (Geerhart) Johnson, and the Johnson workshop.

Works include - the Shakespear Monument Holy Trinity Church, Stratford upon Avon.