Borstbeeld van Carolina, koningin van Engeland
Medium
terracotta
Dimensions
55; 35; 66; 20; 20
About this artwork
Commissioned by Queen Caroline of Ansbach (1683-1737), c. 1735/37 or King George II of Great Britain and Ireland (1683-1760), 1738; ? from the artist to Anne of Hanover (1709-1759), Stadhouderlijk Hof, Leeuwarden, c. 1739;{Mentioned in the 1764 inventory of the Stadhouderlijk Hof, see S.W.A. Drossaers and T.H. Lunsingh Scheurleer (eds.), _Inventarissen van de inboedels in de verblijven van de Oranjes en daarmee gelijk te stellen stukken 1567-1795_, vol. 3, The Hague 1976, p. 39, no. 177. The por...
About the Artist
John Michael Rysbrack · 1694–1770
John Michael Rysbrack (1694–1770) was the foremost sculptor working in Britain during the first half of the eighteenth century, a Flemish-born master whose elegant synthesis of Baroque energy and classical restraint dominated English sculptural patronage for decades. Born in Antwerp into a family with artistic connections, he trained in the traditions of Flemish sculpture before arriving in London...