Stone pedestal for Urn with the Triumph of Neptune and Amphitrite
possibly French School
Category
Art / Sculpture
Date
1701 - 1799
Materials
Sandstone
Place of origin
France
Collection
Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 516648.2
Summary
Stone pedestal with chamfered edges for a stone urn depicting the Triumph of Poseidon and Amphitrite, probably French School, 1701-99.
Full description
The frieze may be based on designs by Jean Le Pautre (Paris 1618 - Paris 1682) published in 'Frises, feuillages ou tritons marins antiques et modernes' (see, for example, inv.no. 2012.136.225.4, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York), the urn itself loosely adapted from the Triumph of Neptune and Amphitrite vase made for the Château de Versailles by Étienne Le Hongre (1628-90) (inv.no. MR 3468). Alice Rylance-Watson 2020
Credit line
Anglesey Abbey, The Fairhaven Collection (The National Trust)
Makers and roles
possibly French School, sculptor
References
Christie, Manson & Woods 1971: The National Trust, Anglesey Abbey, Cambridge. Inventory: Furniture, Textiles, Porcelain, Bronzes, Sculpture and Garden Ornaments’, 1971, p. 168.