John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough (1650–1722)
early to mid-1730s
Medium
Carrara marble
Dimensions
Overall (assembled, wt. confirmed): 36 5/8 in., 245 lb. (93 cm, 111.1 kg); Overall (bust only, wt. confirmed): 24 13/16 in., 155 lb. (63 cm, 70.3 kg); Overall (socle only, wt. confirmed): 90 lb. (40.8 kg)
Classification
Sculpture
Culture
British
Department
European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, Director's Fund, Wrightsman Fund, in honor of Olga Raggio, and Mr. and Mrs. J. Tomilson Hill, Hester Diamond, and Mr. and Mrs. Richard L. Chilton Jr. Gifts, 2015
Accession Number
2015.35
Tags
About the Artist
John Michael Rysbrack · 1694–1770
John Michael Rysbrack (1694–1770) was the foremost sculptor working in Britain during the first half of the eighteenth century, a Flemish-born master whose elegant synthesis of Baroque energy and classical restraint dominated English sculptural patronage for decades. Born in Antwerp into a family with artistic connections, he trained in the traditions of Flemish sculpture before arriving in London...