Peter Gaspar Scheemakers, 1691–1781, Flemish, active in Britain (from ca. 1720)
Title:
Francis, second Earl of Godolphin
Date:
1733
Materials & Techniques:
Marble
Dimensions:
Overall: 24 1/2 x 13 x 11 inches (62.2 x 33 x 27.9 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Chiseled on back of bust, below edge: "Sie ord ferebate | Honoro riss Franc Comer | de Godolphin"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1979.36.1
Classification:
Sculptures
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Subject Terms:
man | politician | portrait | politics
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Noble Exercise - The Sporting Ideal in Eighteenth-Century British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 1982-07-14 - 1982-09-19)
Publications:
Stephen Deuchar, Noble exercise : the sporting ideal in eighteenth-century British art, , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 1982, p. 48, no. 89, ND1388 G7 D48+ (YCBA)Angus Trumble, The Marble Bust, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 2004, no. 14, V 1304 (YCBA)