Farnese Flora
John Cheere (London 1709 – London 1787)
Category
Art / Sculpture
Date
c. 1752
Materials
Bronzed plaster
Measurements
2 ft (H)
Order this imageCollection
Felbrigg, Norfolk
NT 1401979
Summary
Bronzed plaster, Farnese Flora, by John Cheere (1709 – London 1787), c. 1752, after the antique. A bronzed plaster bust from the Farnese Flora (Museo Nazionale, Naples, inv.no.6409). Formerly catalogued as a bust of Sappho.
Provenance
Part of the Windham Collection. The hall and contents were bequeathed to the National Trust in 1969 by Robert Wyndham Ketton-Cremer (1906-1969)
Makers and roles
John Cheere (London 1709 – London 1787), sculptor