Diana of Versailles
John Cheere (London 1709 – London 1787)
Category
Art / Sculpture
Date
1744
Materials
Lead
Measurements
2135 mm (Height); 1385 mm (Height)
Order this imageCollection
Stourhead, Wiltshire
NT 562880
Summary
Lead statue of Diana of Versailles, painted off-white. On marble pedestal (red). This version of Diana at Versailles (Haskell and Penny, p.196, no.30) is probably by John Cheere and lacks the stag. Original position of statue unknown but by 1760s was in the Pantheon. Documentation in Wilberry Account Book (Hoare's Bank) shows statue of Apollo on same 1744 account as Diana, probably another plaster 'Belvedere Apollo' on South Lawn and then in Temple of Apollo in 1801 (Woodbridge 1982, p.55).
Makers and roles
John Cheere (London 1709 – London 1787), sculptor