Mantelpiece from Chesterfield House, London
John Michael Rysbrack
1745–50
Medium
Marble
Dimensions
Overall: 75 × 118 in. (190.5 × 299.7 cm)
Classification
Sculpture-Architectural
Culture
British
Department
European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of The Hearst Foundation, 1956
Accession Number
56.234.4
Tags
CaryatidsGarlands
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...