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Relief - Oliver Cromwell (1599-1658)
  • Oliver Cromwell (1599-1658)
    van der Hagen, Gaspar
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Oliver Cromwell (1599-1658)

  • Object:

    Relief

  • Place of origin:

    England, Great Britain (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.12

  • 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. Cromwell was frequently the subject of sculpture in the eighteenth century in Britian, because he represented an important phase of British constitutional history.

Physical description

Portrait of Oliver Cromwell (1599-1658), who is shown in profile with shoulder-length hair facing right.

Place of Origin

England, Great Britain (made)

Date

mid 18th century (made)

Artist/maker

van der Hagen, Gaspar (probably, maker)

Materials and Techniques

Ivory, carved

Marks and inscriptions

'VD H N'.

Object history note

Almost certainly once 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 398.

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

Cromwell, Oliver

Categories

Portraits; Sculpture

Collection code

SCP

Qr_O89694
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