The Sacrifice at Lystra (?)
John Michael Rysbrack (Antwerp 1684 – London 1770)
Category
Art / Sculpture
Date
1700 - 1770
Materials
Terracotta
Measurements
440 x 730 mm
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Stourhead, Wiltshire
NT 732915
Summary
Terracotta relief, The Scrifice at Lystra (?) by John Michael Rysbrack (Antwerp 1694 – London 1770). A relief of figures attending a sacrifice in the style of Pietro da Cortona; plain moulded frame.
Provenance
Acquired by Henry II Hoare (1705-1785) at the artist's sale 1767; 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 Michael Rysbrack (Antwerp 1684 – London 1770), sculptor style of Pietro da Cortona (Cortona 1596 – Rome 1669), artist