Base for a white-painted plaster statue of Priestess if Isis
John Cheere (London 1709 – London 1787)
Category
Art / Sculpture
Date
1765 - 1766
Materials
Plaster
Measurements
1880 mm (Height); 1370 mm (Height); 610 mm (Height)
Order this imageCollection
Stourhead, Wiltshire
NT 562916.3
Summary
Sculpture, marble, Base for a white-painted plaster statue of Priestess if Isis by John Cheere (1709 – London 1787). Statue after the antique. On marble block with marble pedestal (yellow). Antique original found in Villa of Hadrian, Tivoli, now in Capitoline Museum (Gladiatore 15). This example probably made by John Cheere, 1765-66, from Matthew Brettingham junior's moulds.
Makers and roles
John Cheere (London 1709 – London 1787), sculptor Matthew Brettingham the Younger (1725 - 1803), mould maker