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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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)