Herm
Italian School
Category
Art / Sculpture
Date
1500 - 1600
Materials
Marble, Metal
Measurements
700 x 380 x 265 mm
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Petworth House and Park, West Sussex
NT 486428.1
Summary
Sculpture, marble, One of a pair (NT/PET/SC/126.2) of 16th century Italian marble Herms, which probably once formed part of a chimney piece.
Provenance
By descent, until the death in 1952 of the 3rd Lord Leconfield, who had given Petworth to the National Trust in 1947, and whose nephew and heir, John Wyndham, 6th Lord Leconfield and 1st Lord Egremont (1920-72) arranged for the acceptance of the major portion of the collections at Petworth in lieu of death duties (the first ever such arrangement) in 1956 by H.M.Treasury.
Marks and inscriptions
126A (on base)
Makers and roles
Italian School, sculptor