Epaminondas
Peter Scheemakers (Antwerp 1691 - Antwerp 1781)
Category
Art / Sculpture
Date
1737
Materials
Stone
Collection
Stowe, Buckinghamshire
NT 91815
Summary
A group of four replica sculptures. Epaminondas, Lycurgus, Socrates and Homer were installed in the Temple of Ancient Virtue in the 1730's. These were sold in the 1921 Estate Sale. The modern sculptures were created in the 1990's? by taking casts of the original sculptures, now at Cottesbrooke Hall.
Makers and roles
Peter Scheemakers (Antwerp 1691 - Antwerp 1781) , sculptor