Vestal Virgin
possibly Christopher Hewetson (Thomastown c. 1736 - Rome 1798)
Category
Art / Sculpture
Date
1790 - 1800
Materials
Marble
Measurements
600 x 340 x 270 mm
Order this imageCollection
Stourhead, Wiltshire
NT 732909
Summary
Marble sculpture bust on marble socle, Vestal Virgin, possibly Christopher Hewetson (Thomastown 1737 - Rome 1798), 1790/1800. Copy of the Vestal Virgin formerly in the Farnese Collection and now in the collection of the National Museum, Naples. Formerly thought to be of Princess Frederica Charlotte Ulrica Katherine of Prussia, later Duchess of York and Albany (1767-1820) by Johann Gottfried Schadow (Berlin 1764 – Berlin 1850). The head, neck and shoulders swathed with drapery, on turned socle.
Makers and roles
possibly Christopher Hewetson (Thomastown c. 1736 - Rome 1798), sculptor Johann Gottfried Schadow (Berlin 1764 – Berlin 1850), sculptor