Sunday 4 December 2016

Bust of Aristotle in the Long Room, Trinity College Dublin.



The Marble Bust of Aristotle 
in the Long Room, Trinity College,
 Dublin.

Unsigned - whilst there is no proof all the evidence would suggest that this bust, one of the 5 unsigned busts at Trinity is almost certainly from the St Martin's Lane workshop of Louis Francois Roubiliac.

see - http://burlington.org.uk/media/_file/generic/886825.pdf
article by Malcolm Baker



























Bust of Cicero in The Long Room Trinity College Library, Dublin.

A Marble Bust Representing Cicero
in The Long Room, Trinity College Library,
Dublin.
Peter Scheemakers.
signed P.S. Ft.
























Photographed by the Author, 6 October 2016



Bust statue of Julius Caesar (wrongly titled Cicero) with short hair, wearing a fringed scarf, bust on a pedestal, almost seen in profile to right; from a set of twelve plates showing antique busts after drawings by Rubens.  1638 Engraving


After a drawing by Rubens
Bust of Julius Caesar wrongly believed to represent Cicero.
From Rubens Antiquities Collection
engraving by Jan Witdoeck
339 x 232 mm
1638.
from the series Twelve Famous Greek and Roman Men.
British Museum.



Head and shoulders from a sculpted bust, directed to left, wearing a fringed toga with a circular clasp at the right shoulder.  Mezzotint



Cicero
After Rubens
Anon Mezzotint.
202 x 150 mm.
c1670 - 1730?
British Museum.
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Bronze bust of 'Cicero'
Massimiliano Soldani Benzi (1656 - 1740).
after the ancient Ufizzi bust. (see below).
From a series of twelve heads made for the Liechtenstein princely palaces.
Height 60 cms.
Liechtenstein Museum Vienna
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Cicero. Marble. 1st century BCE. Florence, Gallery of Uffizi




Cicero. Marble. 1st century BCE. Florence, Gallery of Uffizi







Marble Bust of 'Cicero'
Ufizzi Gallery,
Florence.
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Philip Dormer Stanhope, Lord Chesterfield with his bust of 'Cicero'
after William Hoare
Mezzotint
John Brookes
496 x 348 mm.
c.1748

© National Portrait Gallery, London

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Lead Bust of Cicero probably by John Cheere
at Heywood - Garden designed by Lutyens
Photograph from Country Life 1917

see my post - http://bathartandarchitecture.blogspot.co.uk/2014/01/asummary-of-researches-into-bust-of.html





Cicero
Plaster bust
Stourhead
National Trust.
Probably by John Cheere or a cast from a model by him.

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Two Wedgwood Busts
Cicero and Seneca 1790.
48 cms and 46.9 cms.

see - http://www.europeanporcelain.com/index.pl?isa=Metadot::SystemApp::AntiqueSearch;op=detail;id=149512;image_id=446584;#


For the Wedgwood busts see -
The Wedgwood Handbook: A Manual for Collectors. Treating of the Marks ...

By Eliza Meteyard, 1875 - available on Google books

Bust of Archbishop Usher in the Long Room at Trinity College Library, Dublin.

 
A Marble Bust of Archbishop James Us(s)her (1581 - 1656).
Benefactor
in the Long Room at Trinity College Library,
Dublin.
by Peter Scheemakers.
Signed P.S. Ft.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Photographed by the Author - 4 October 2016.
 
For the busts at in the Library at Trinity See -
 
Anne Crookshank & David Webb. Paintings and sculptures in Trinity College Dublin. Dublin: Trinity College Dublin Press. 1990. [Includes pictures of all busts and brief biographies of the subjects].
W. G. Strickland. A descriptive catalogue of the pictures, busts and sculptures in Trinity College Dublin and in the Provost’s House. Dublin: The University Press. 1916. [Brief biographies of subjects, but no illustrations].
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There are a surprisingly large number of engravings of the Archbishop, any one or a number of which could have been the source for the Scheemaker bust.
 
Below are a selection from the National Portrait Gallery.
 
 
 
 James Ussher, by Robert Vaughan, mid 17th century - NPG D26753 - © National Portrait Gallery, London
 
James Ussher
Engraving
Robert Vaughan
183 x 127 Paper size
1644.
 
© National Portrait Gallery, London
 
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James Ussher, by George Glover, published by  Richard Royston, 1645 - NPG D20323 - © National Portrait Gallery, London
 
James Ussher
Engraving by George Glover
215 x 147 mm. Paper Size
1645.
 
© National Portrait Gallery, London
 
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James Ussher, by William Marshall, 1650 - NPG D33207 - © National Portrait Gallery, London
 
James Ussher
Engraving
William Marshall
107 x 61 mm.
1650
 
 
© National Portrait Gallery, London
 
 
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James Ussher, published by Peter Stent, after  Unknown artist, mid 17th century - NPG D33197 - © National Portrait Gallery, London
 
 
Thomas Ussher
Engraving
Anon
Pub. Peter Stent
Mid 17th Century.
252 x 189 mm.
 
© National Portrait Gallery, London
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James Ussher, by William Faithorne, mid 17th century - NPG D26756 - © National Portrait Gallery, London
 
James Ussher
Engraving
William Faithorne
derived from the Lely Potrait (below)
195 x 133 mm.
1755
 
© National Portrait Gallery, London
 
 
James Ussher, by William Faithorne, 1656 - NPG D22962 - © National Portrait Gallery, London
 
 
James Ussher
Engraving
William Faithorne
17 x 116 mm.
1656.
 
© National Portrait Gallery, London
 
 
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 James Ussher, by John Dunstall, mid 17th century - NPG D26752 - © National Portrait Gallery, London
 
 
Dr James Usher
Engraving 
John Dunstall
dated 1656
152 x 113 mm.
 
© National Portrait Gallery, London
 
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James Ussher, by William Marshall, published by  John Stafford, mid 17th century - NPG D26760 - © National Portrait Gallery, London
 
James Ussher
Engraving Mid 17th Century
William Marshall
178 x 104 mm Paper Size.
 
 
© National Portrait Gallery, London
 
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Archbishop James Ussher
Engraving
after Marshall
231 x 152 mm
1670
 
 
© National Portrait Gallery, London
 
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James Ussher, by George Vertue, after  Sir Peter Lely, 1738 - NPG D39276 - © National Portrait Gallery, London
 
James Ussher
after the original oil painting by Lely
Engraving
by George Vertue
370 x 240 mm.
1738.
 
© National Portrait Gallery, London
 
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 James Ussher, after Unknown artist, mid 18th century - NPG D26761 - © National Portrait Gallery, London
 
James Ussher
after Lely
Engraving
anon - Mid 18th Century
160 x 115 mm.
 
 
© National Portrait Gallery, London
 
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Portrait of James Ussher, half-length, in an oval lettered with the title, slightly turned to the right, dressed in an academic gown with a large ruff about his neck and a skull-cap on his head, Hebrew scrolls and drapery above and with books, armorials a
 
James Ussher
Engraving
after the original by Lely
In the possession of General Tyrrel at Shotover Park.
George Vertue
358 x 225 mm.
1738
from Birch's Heads
British Museum.
 
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Portrait, bust directed to left, looking towards the viewer, wearing dark clerical robe with ruf and skull cap over white hair, with a short beard, in a circular frame with papers inscribed in Greek above to right, crest, mitre, seals and books below and a scene of two women teaching a child the alphabet to right; after Lely.  1744  Mezzotint
 
 
 
James Ussher
Mezzotint
After Lely
356 x 247 mm
 
Pub. Dublin 1744
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James Usher
Sir Peter Lely
Oil on Canvas
781 x 654 mm.
 
© National Portrait Gallery, London
 
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Portrait of James Ussher, full-length, slightly turned to the left and looking to the right, seated on a chair with a book in his hand, dressed in a chimere over his rochet  Engraving
 
 
Engraving by J, Fougeron
124 x 95 mm.
c. 1750
 British Museum
 

Bust of the so Called Demosthenes, Long Room Trinity College Library, Dublin

 
 
The Marble Bust of the so Called Demosthenes,
in the Long Room Trinity College Library,
Dublin.
Peter Scheemakers.
 
Signed P.S. Ft