An Unknown Bishop
Austrian School
Category
Art / Sculpture
Date
1700 - 1729
Materials
Terracotta
Measurements
805 x 335 x 200 mm
Place of origin
Passau
Order this imageCollection
Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 513457
Summary
Gilded terracotta sculpture, An Unknown Bishop, Austrian School (Probably Passau), early 18th century. Painted figure of Bishop in flowing robes and tall mitre, holding a book and a model of a cathedral, with later gilding.
Provenance
Bequeathed to the National Trust by Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966) with the house and the rest of the contents
Credit line
Anglesey Abbey, The Fairhaven Collection (National Trust)
Makers and roles
Austrian School, sculptor