Female left hand
Model
ca. 1750 (made)
ca. 1750 (made)
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This life-size terracotta model of a hand is one of a pair and is perhaps made by Louis François Roubiliac in ca. 1750. The hand would almost certainly have been used as a model, although no marble versions on monuments corresponding to it have been identified. It could alternatively have served as an example for students and assistants to copy. The Roubiliac sale from which these may have been purchased contained a number of anatomical models, including arms, legs, and knees.
Louis François Roubiliac (1702-1762) was one of the leading sculptors of his generation, and his busts and monuments are among the most important produced in Britain in the first half of the 18th century. He was born in Lyons, and probably trained in Dresden. He was later in Paris, but from 1730 he was based in London, apart from a brief visit to Rome in 1752.
Louis François Roubiliac (1702-1762) was one of the leading sculptors of his generation, and his busts and monuments are among the most important produced in Britain in the first half of the 18th century. He was born in Lyons, and probably trained in Dresden. He was later in Paris, but from 1730 he was based in London, apart from a brief visit to Rome in 1752.
Object details
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| Title | Female left hand (named collection) |
| Materials and techniques | Terracotta |
| Brief description | Model, terracotta, hand (left female), one of a pair, perhaps by L.F. Roubilliac, English, ca. 1750 |
| Physical description | Terracotta, hand rests horizontally on a block. |
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| Object history | Given in 1944 with A.18, 19, 20, 21, 22-1944 by Mrs Reginald Pott, 11 Scarsdale Villas, W.8 who inherited them from her father Edward Henry Corbould (1815-1905), a famous and successful Victorian painter and sculptor. |
| Historical context | The sale catalogue of Roubiliac's collection (first day 12 May 1762) contains four lots, each of twelve hands listed under 'Sundries in Plaister'. |
| Subject depicted | |
| Summary | This life-size terracotta model of a hand is one of a pair and is perhaps made by Louis François Roubiliac in ca. 1750. The hand would almost certainly have been used as a model, although no marble versions on monuments corresponding to it have been identified. It could alternatively have served as an example for students and assistants to copy. The Roubiliac sale from which these may have been purchased contained a number of anatomical models, including arms, legs, and knees. Louis François Roubiliac (1702-1762) was one of the leading sculptors of his generation, and his busts and monuments are among the most important produced in Britain in the first half of the 18th century. He was born in Lyons, and probably trained in Dresden. He was later in Paris, but from 1730 he was based in London, apart from a brief visit to Rome in 1752. |
| Associated object | A.18-1944 (Pair) |
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| Collection | |
| Accession number | A.17-1944 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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