Warrior Accompanied by Britannia, Minerva, and Fame (recto); Design for the Monument to Nicholas Rowe (verso)
c. 1733 (recto); c. 1740 (verso)
Medium
Pen and brown ink, with brush and brown wash, over red chalk and graphite (recto); pen and brown ink over graphite (verso), on cream laid paper
Dimensions
20.4 × 22.6 cm (8 1/16 × 8 15/16 in.)
Classification
pen and ink drawings
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
112274
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...