John Vanderbank
Portrait of Michael Rysbrack, the Sculptor, c. 1735
Oil on canvas
35 1/2 x 27 3/4 inches (90.2 x 70.49 cm)
Philip Mould & Co.
To view all current artworks for sale visit philipmould.com Rysbrack a leading exponent of the English rococo, who created one of the most famous pieces of public statuary in...
To view all current artworks for sale visit philipmould.com
Rysbrack a leading exponent of the English rococo, who created one of the most famous pieces of public statuary in the first half of the eighteenth century, the statue of Handel that stood at Vauxhall Garden (now Victoria and Albert Museum, London) is an ideal subject for the rapid energetic style of John Vanderbank, here seen at its most witty and penetrating.
Provenance
Sir George Leon, Bt., Christie's, Lord Major's Appeal fund for the Duke of Gloucester's Red Cross and St. John's Fund 12 July 1940, Lot 859 (45 gns. to Stuart Wortley);The Hon. Clare Stuart Wortley; Christie's, 30 October, 1942, Lot 92 (13 g
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