Also known as A Nymph Unclasping Her Zone.
Coade Artificial Stone
After Sir Richard Westmacott (1775 - 1856)
137cm high.
Sold by Chiswick Auctions.
Lot 25. 22 November 2023.
With Vagabond Antiques, Petworth.
Stripped of paint.
https://www.vagabondantiques.co.uk/artworks/313-coade-figure-of-westmacott-s-nymph/
After the sculpture by Sir Richard Westmacott R. A, modelled
by Coade, the female figure turned to her left, unclasping her zone, her peplos
draping around her legs, raised on a circular base, signed COADE LAMBETH to
base, with further impressed marks of ACT DIRECTS 1831 to the rear of the base.
This statue is modelled after the original marble work by the sculptor Sir Richard Westmacott, R.A executed circa 1820.
After being exhibited at the 1824 Royal Exhibition the original marble statue was then purchased for the collection of Castle Howard.
The original version was destroyed by fire in November 1940.
A plaster version, often cited as the
original plaster model by Westmacott, was purchased by Sir John Soane for his
home at 13 Lincoln's Inn Fields, (see images and notes below) museum number HR3. The statue in the Soane collection is named: 'A
Nymph Unclasping her Zone' the name 'Westmancott's Nymph' has been associated
with this statue from around circa 1820.
Provenance: Seago Collection, Lot 242, Christie's. June 9th 1999.The Secret Courtyard Collection. The Seago Collection.
The Chiswick Auctions Photographs.
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A Pair of late Coade Artificial Stone Statues.
Previously with UK Architectural Antiques.
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Dimensions 53" (135cm) High. 17" (43cms) Diameter base
Height: 180cm. Width: 60cm. Depth: 60cm.
Museum number: HR3
On display in the Soane Museum Picture Room Recess.
Literature - Sir Richard Westmacott, Sculptor, M. Busco, pub. CUP, 1994.
