Saint Susanna (after Duquesnoy)
John Cheere (London 1709 – London 1787)
Category
Art / Sculpture
Date
1765 - 1766
Materials
Painted plaster on marble base
Measurements
2035 mm (Height); 1370 mm (Height); 1220 mm (Height)
Place of origin
London
Order this imageCollection
Stourhead, Wiltshire
NT 562915.1
Summary
White painted plaster sculpture on marble base with marble pedestal (yellow), Saint Susanna (after Duquesnoy) by John Cheere (1709 – London 1787), 1765/66. The original marble statue in Santa Maria di Loreto, Rome, made by Francois Duquesnoy in 1629-31. Matthew Brettingham obtained a mould from the Roman architect Paolo Posi. This example probably made by John Cheere from Brettingham's moulds, 1765-66. Henry Hoare's (1705-1785) wife Susan Colt died in 1743 and his daughter Susanna died 1784. St Susanna, draped female over life size statue looking down over her left shoulder. Left hand pointing down to right and right hand holding drapery. Upturned crown? to bottom of right foot. Plinth constructed on lead dpc (Damp proof course) – pedestal and statue surbase have brick core. Lead under plaster sculpture.
Provenance
Acquired by Henry II Hoare (1705-1785) and thence by descent; given to the National Trust along with the house, its grounds, and the rest of the contents by Sir Henry Hugh Arthur Hoare, 6th Bt (1865 – 1947) in 1946
Credit line
Stourhead, The Hoare Collection (National Trust)
Makers and roles
John Cheere (London 1709 – London 1787), sculptor Matthew Brettingham the Younger (1725 - 1803), mould maker