Male right hand
Model
ca. 1750 (made)
ca. 1750 (made)
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This life-size terracotta model of a hand 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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Object type | |
Title | Male right hand (named collection) |
Materials and techniques | Terracotta |
Brief description | Model, terracotta, a male right hand, perhaps by L. F. Roubiliac, English, ca. 1750 |
Physical description | Terracotta model, right hand, male. |
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Credit line | Given by Mrs Reginald Pott |
Object history | In the possession of the Victorian painter and sculptor, Edward Henry Corbould (1815-1905), father of the donor Mrs Reginald Pott, who gave the present piece together with a further five models for hands in 1944. |
Historical context | Object has an old torn label reading '...oubiliac' and 'E.H.Corbould' written on it and another indecipherable inscription. There is also the fragment of a label on which '...odie' and '1762' is noted, possibly in connection with the Roubiliac sale of 1762. |
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Summary | This life-size terracotta model of a hand 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. |
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Accession number | A.19-1944 |
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Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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