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Relief - Queen Elizabeth I

Queen Elizabeth I

  • Object:

    Relief

  • Place of origin:

    London, England (made)

  • Date:

    mid 18th century (made)

  • Artist/Maker:

    van der Hagen, Gaspar (probably, maker)

  • Materials and Techniques:

    Ivory, carved

  • Credit Line:

    Lent by Mr John Lewis

  • Museum number:

    LOAN:JOHN LEWIS.11

  • Gallery location:

    Sculpture, room 111, case DR5

  • Image in copyright

This historicising ivory relief was probably carved by Gaspar van der Hagen, who was originally from Antwerp, and died in London in 1769. He worked in John Michael Rysbrack's workshop. Rysbrack's lifesize bust of Elizabeth I served as the model for this smaller relief version of the same subject.

Physical description

Queen Elizabeth I is shown in bust form, crowned and wearing a ruff, with a pendant at her neck. The image is related to the lifesize bust of the monarch by John Michael Rysbrack (1694-1770).

Place of Origin

London, England (made)

Date

mid 18th century (made)

Artist/maker

van der Hagen, Gaspar (probably, maker)

Materials and Techniques

Ivory, carved

Marks and inscriptions

'G.VD'.

Object history note

Probably at one time fixed to a box, along with other ivory reliefs (brought in for opinion to the V&A in 1970). Sold at Sotheby's, London, 8 December, 1988, lot 400 for £2970.

Descriptive line

Ivory, English, probably by Gaspar van der Hagen (d.1769), middle of the 18th century

Production Note

Probably by Gaspar van der Hagen, who was originally from Antwerp, and died in London in 1769. He worked in John Michael Rysbrack's workshop.

Materials

Ivory

Subjects depicted

Elizabeth I (Queen of England and Wales)

Categories

Portraits; Royalty; Sculpture

Collection code

SCP

Qr_O89692
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