Peter Gaspar Scheemakers, 1691–1781, Flemish, active in Britain (from ca. 1720)
Title:
Alexander Pope
Date:
ca. 1740
Materials & Techniques:
Marble
Dimensions:
Overall: 27 x 18 x 9 inches (68.6 x 45.7 x 22.9 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Chiseled on front of socle: "POPE."
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.29
Classification:
Sculptures
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Subject Terms:
man | portrait
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Fame and Friendship : Pope , Roubiliac , and the Eighteenth-Century Portrait Bust (Yale Center for British Art, 2014-02-20 - 2014-05-19)Fame and Friendship : Pope , Roubiliac , and the Eighteenth-Century Portrait Bust (Waddesdon (NT), 2014-06-18 - 2014-10-26)The World of Alexander Pope (Yale Center for British Art, 1988-04-08 - 1988-05-29)
Publications:
Malcolm Baker, Literary Figures, Apollo, 179, June 2014, p. 76, N1 A54+ 179:2Prof. Maynard Mack, The World of Alexander Pope, Yale University Press, New Haven, no. 20, Z8704 M37