Sujet

Cast of a bust of Sir Christopher Wren, 1673. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

Cast of a bust of Sir Christopher Wren, 1673. Edward Pierce sculpted his marble portrait bust of English architect Sir Christopher Wren, of which this is a plaster cast, in 1672. Pierce's sculpture, which shows a mastery of the Baroque idiom of Bernini and Coysevox, was unprecedented in English sculpture of this date. The sculptor's assimilation of the style (evident above all in the flowing drapery) is all the more remarkable given that he is not believed to have travelled abroad. For this reason Margaret Whinney suggests that Wren (who had seen Bernini's bust of Louis XIV in France in 1665) may have had some say in its design. Regardless, the result was the most memorable of all likenesses of the great architect. This cast is one of eight busts of artists and architects installed in the 'Octagon' in the Main Galleries at Burlington House when the Royal Academy of Arts moved there in 1868.

Date

1673

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Royal Academy of Arts

Notre référence

HRM26A44_477

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

86.0Mo (8.7Mo) / 37.9cm x 56.8cm / 4476 x 6714 (300dpi)

Mots clés

people male job man men arts shape sculpture art guy occupation British color hair century long hair Britain profession bust cast mould architect long haired 17th century mold Plaster Cast Colour seventeenth century Sir Christopher Wren portrait object sculpture Unknown plaster Christopher Sir Christopher Wren Christopher Wren Royal Academy of Arts Edward Pearce Pearce Edward Edward Pierce Edward Pierce II Edward Pearce the younger