Hewetson - A Sculptor in Rome (Part 13) The Herm Busts.

 

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Christopher Hewetson - An Irish Sculptor in Rome in the late 18th Century (Part 13).

The Herm Busts.

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Maria Anna Angelica Kaufmann (1741 - 1807).

Marble Herm Bust.

Angelica Kauffman resided in Rome from 1872 until her death in 1807.

These are the best photographs of this bust currently available.

Monument in the Parish Church of the Holy Trinity, Schwarzenberg, Vorarlberg, Austria.

I will put together a separate post on Angelica Kauffman in due course.

see - https://www.gemeinde-schwarzenberg.at/Eroeffnung_der_neuen_Angelika_Kauffmann_Sommerausstellung_1

 https://www.angelika-kauffmann.de/

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Andrew Stuart (1725 - 1801).

Keeper of the Signet.

Signet Library, Edinburgh.

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Christopher Hewetson. 

with the bust of Gavin Hamilton (1723 - 1798).

by Stefano Tofanelli.

c. 1784.

98.5 x 73.5 cms.

Wallraf Richartzs Museum.

Cologne, Germany.

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The Hewetson Marble Herm Bust of Gavin Hamilton (1723 - 1798). at the Hunterian, Glasgow.

1784

Inscribed -

GAVINUS / HAMILTON OPUS / CHRISTOPH: HEWETOSN / MDCCLXXXIIII CRE HEWETSON

The bust was acquired in 1810 as a bequest from Charles Greville, nephew of Sir William Hamilton, who in 1786 had exhibited at the Royal Academy of London (no 531). 

He exhibited at the RA a second time in 1794, a bust of a Nobleman (no 520).

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There is second version of this bust in marble at the Palais Longchamps, Museum des Beaux Arts, Marseilles.

see Catalogue entry by Tiziano Asola -

2021, "Grand Tour - Sogno d'Italia da Venezia a Pompei", catalogo della mostra (Milano, Gallerie d'Italia), a cura di F. Mazzocca, S. Grandesso, F. Leone, pp. 169, 330

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Hewetson noted that Gavin Hamilton and fellow artist Jacob More were the only ones to keep a distance from the constant factioning and politicking of the different artistic groups in residence.

Letter from Christopher Hewetson to George Cumberland, 4 May 1792, Cumberland Papers, British Library Add MS 31496, f. 333.

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Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex.

Cristoforo Prosperi.

Plaster Bust -  Signed to cast Mr Prosperi fecit

Prosperi was a long term  assistant to Hewtson

51.5cm high, 30.5cm wide.

Dreweatts Auctions of Newbury.

Lot 261, 28 January 2024.

Signed to cast Mr Prosperi fecit 51.5cm high, 30.5cm wide 

Christopher Prosperi (Fl. 1800-1816) exhibited at the Royal Academy between 1810 and 1816 and displayed a marble bust of The Duke of Sussex in 1811 (no.953). 

The marble is now held at Woburn Abbey Bedfordshire. The Duke was the ninth son of George III and the brother of George IV. He was given apartments in Kensington Palace

https://auctions.dreweatts.com/past-auctions/drewea1-10429/lot-details/4cadcb51-001a-472a-93a7-b0d801123fe9

For the NPG list of Portraits pf Prince Augustus Frederick see - 

https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/personExtended/mp04375/prince-augustus-frederick-duke-of-sussex?tab=iconography