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Plaster cast - St Stephen

St Stephen

  • Object:

    Plaster cast

  • Place of origin:

    England (made)
    London (cast)

  • Date:

    ca. 1505 (made)
    ca. 1868 (cast)

  • Artist/Maker:

    Unknown

  • Materials and Techniques:

    Plaster cast

  • Museum number:

    REPRO.1868-37

  • Gallery location:

    Medieval & Renaissance, Room 64b, The Simon Sainsbury Gallery, case WE

This figure is a plaster cast copy taken from a statue in the Henry VII Chapel in Westminster Abbey, London. Ninety-five of the original images of saints remain in-situ, representing the most important surviving example of early sixteenth-century architectural sculpture in England. Casts like these were intended to provide easy access to great works of art, providing models for architects and craftspeople to study at a time when there was renewed interest in medieval art.

Physical description

St Stephen in the act of reading a book which he supports in his left hand.

Place of Origin

England (made)
London (cast)

Date

ca. 1505 (made)
ca. 1868 (cast)

Artist/maker

Unknown

Materials and Techniques

Plaster cast

Dimensions

Height: 94 cm, Width: 34 cm, Depth: 30 cm, Weight: 24.560 kg

Descriptive line

Plaster cast of St Stephen, from Henry VII Chapel in Westminster Abbey, ca. 1505, cast by Domenico Brucciani, ca. 1868

Materials

Plaster

Techniques

Casting

Categories

Sculpture

Collection

Sculpture Collection

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