Tuesday, 3 November 2015

The Rysbrack Statuettes of Rubens, van Dyck and du Quesnoy, Part 1.


A Pair of 18th Century Plaster Statuettes
of Anthony van Dyck and Peter Paul Rubens.
Cast from the models of 1743 by Michael Rysbrack (1694 - 1770).
Currently in a private collection.


 


 
Plaster cast of Anthony van Dyck
From an terracotta original of 1743 by Michael Rysbrack.
Paired with a statuette of Peter Paul Rubens.
 
 
Height 63.5cms.
 
 
Plaster cast of Peter Paul Rubens.
From an terracotta original of 1743 modelled by Michael Rysbrack.
62cms.
 
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Detail van Dyck.
 
 
Detail van Dyck.
 
 
Detail of van Dyck.
 
 
Detail of van Dyck.
 
 
Detail of van Dyck.
 
 
Detail of van Dyck.
 
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Detail of Rubens.
 
 
Detail of Rubens.
 
 
Detail of Rubens.
 
 
Detail of Rubens.
 
Note, A pair of these figures in plaster sold at the great Stowe sale Thursday 5th October 1848. Lot 163 along with a guitar and 4 Chinese figures bought by Harrison for 2 guineas.

 
 

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