George Granville Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, 2nd Duke of Sutherland, KG, DCL (1786-1861)
attributed to Bertel Thorvaldsen (Gronnegade 1770 – Copenhagen 1844)
Category
Art / Sculpture
Date
1817
Materials
Marble
Measurements
560 x 270 x 235 mm
Place of origin
Rome
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Cliveden Estate, Buckinghamshire
NT 766152
Summary
White marble, George Granville Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, 2nd Duke of Sutherland, KG, DCL (1786-1861), attributed to Bertel Thorvaldsen (Gronnegade 1770 – Copenhagen 1844). A portrait bust on socle. A young man with aqualine nose, short wavy hair, sideburns and moustache. On high platform.
Provenance
See Else Kai Suss, Thorvalsen's Portrait Busts, Cambridge 1963 Vol III p77
Makers and roles
attributed to Bertel Thorvaldsen (Gronnegade 1770 – Copenhagen 1844), sculptor