The Rijksmuseum Bust of Mary Stuart.
Michael Rysbrack 1694 - 1770.
Height 84 cms
see - Rijksmuseum Recent Acquisitions
Frits Scholten says - "based on a 1685 portrait of the seated queen painted by Jan Verkolje i (1650-1693) or, more likely, on the mezzotint print of it made and published by Nicolaes Visscher i (1618-1709; e.g. inv. no. rp-p-ob-17.515).*" see below.
The Provenance -
? Caroline, Queen of England (1683-1737);
…; art dealer, United Kingdom, 2004; from whom to a private collection, United Kingdom, 2004-14; from which to Arthistorical Ltd, London,2014-18;
from whom purchased by the museum with the support
of the J.W. Edwin Vom Rath Fonds/Rijksmuseum Fonds and
the Familie Verbeek Fonds/Rijksmuseum Fonds, 2018
(inv. no. bk-2018-9).
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Jan Verkolje (1650 - 93),
Mezzotint, circa 1689-1693,
published by Nicolaes Visscher II (1649 - 17-02).
17 1/4 in. x 12 5/8 in. (437 mm x 321 mm) plate size; 17 3/8 in. x 12 7/8 in. (441 mm x 326 mm) paper size.
Acquired, 1949.
Reference Collection
NPG D32782.
https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw138836/Queen-Mary-II?LinkID=mp53298&role=art&rNo=11
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William III.
Portrait of King James II, half-length to left, head turned
to right and glancing towards the viewer, in armour with a lace collar and
sash, in an oval; after Kneller; after title altered on the sitter's accession.
1685
Mezzotint
Print made and published by: Jan Verkolje
After: Sir Godfrey Kneller'
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William III.
Michael Rysbrack.
c.1735.
Overall: 25 1/2 x 18 x 11 3/4 inches (64.8 x 45.7 x 29.8 cm).
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection.
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:1472
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From the Biog. Dictionary of Sculptors in Britain ..... Yale 2009.
There is no mention of the Rysbrack bust.
Page 915. John van Nost (d. 1710).
1696, Queen Mary, with William III statue in the line of Kings in Piazza in the Royal Exchange. Payments £120.
Ascribed to van Nost. The Models for the Royal Exchange Statues of William III and Mary - clay - terracotta - Victoria and Albert Museum.
Height 61 cm.
see -
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O77792/queen-mary-ii-model-nost-john-van/?carousel-
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Queen Mary II.
Rombouts Verhulst (1624 - 1698).
Marble Bust.
Inscribed at the right side of the pedestal: R.V.H. 1683 fe.
Provenance -
Soestdijk Palace, 1799; Nationale Konst-Gallery, The Hague, 1801-1808; transferred, c.1816; on long-term loan to the Het Loo Palace, Apeldoorn, since 2014.
https://www.mauritshuis.nl/en/our-collection/artworks/366-bust-of-mary-ii-stuart-1662-1695/
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