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Joseph Nollekens

Ideal Portrait (Georgiana Spencer, The Duchess of Devonshire?),

Maker

  • Anna Seymour Damer
  • Joseph Nollekens

Title

Ideal Portrait (Georgiana Spencer, The Duchess of Devonshire?)

Medium

marble

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • marble

Techniques

  • marble

Dimensions

46.4 x 22.2 x 21 cm (18 1/4 x 8 3/4 x 8 1/4 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Signed and inscribed, rear base:NOLLEKENS Ft. / from a Model by / the Hon. Mrs. Damer.

Type

  • Sculpture

Credit

Museum Works of Art Fund

Object Number

55.111

Ideal Portrait (Georgiana Spencer, The Duchess of Devonshire?)
Ideal Portrait (possibly Lady Elizabeth Foster; later Duchess of Devonshire)

European Paintings and Sculpture, ca. 1770 - 1937

Signed and inscribed, rear base:NOLLEKENS Ft. / from a Model by / the Hon. Mrs. Damer.

Publications

European Paintings and Sculpture, ca. 1770 - 1937

Exhibition History

Dress, Art, and Society

September 13, 1996 - January 5, 1997

European Painting and Sculpture, circa 1770-1937

October 18, 1991 - January 26, 1992

The Age of Canova

November 6 - December 15, 1957
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