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Fame borne aloft by the Winged Horse Pegasus

Andrew Carpenter (c.1677 - London 1737)

Category

Art / Sculpture

Date

circa 1705

Materials

Lead

Measurements

3 tonne (Wt)

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Collection

Powis Castle and Garden, Powys

NT 1180990

Summary

Lead and steel sculpture, Fame borne aloft by the Winged Horse Pegasus by Andrew Carpenter (c.1677 - London 1737), circa 1705. A life-size statue of Fame and Pegasus, the winged horse, signed by 'Andries Carpentière'. Fame, blowing a signalling trumpet, is carried triumphantly by the rearing winged horse. Set on a modern base of a lead trophy (1986). The composition, modeled by Andrew Naylor, is based on the marble group for Louis XIV's palace at Marly by Antione Coysevox (1640 - 1720). It was possibly cast from the same mould as a 'Pegausus and Fame for ye Fountain in ye high parterre' supplied by John Nost, the master of Carpenter, between 1705 and 1716, to Sir John Nicholas Shireburn of Stonyhurst, Lancashire. Supported by steel armature. Listed building - Grade II* - 'Statue of Fame in the Outer Courtyard of Powis Castle' (16785)

Provenance

Amongst the sculpture within the grounds of Powis Castle and Gardens and part of the original bequest of the property in 1952.

Credit line

Powis Castle, The Powis Collection (National Trust)

Makers and roles

Andrew Carpenter (c.1677 - London 1737)

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