Boy Playing the Bagpipes at The V&A, London
Boy Playing the Bagpipes at The V&A, London
Published 2014-12-17T11:01:18+00:00
This is a fine example of late 17th-century garden sculpture; its weathered surface is evidence of its exposure to the elements. The subject may be related to genre works produced by the Netherlandish sculptor Pieter Xavery (active 1667-1674), and connections have also been suggested with the bronze statuettes by Giambologna (1529-1608). The sculptor Caius Gabriel Cibber (1630-1700) was a native of Denmark, and also studied in the Netherlands and Rome, before settling in England in the 1650s. He was appointed Sculptor in Ordinary to William III, in 1693. Cibber introduced a fluent style of sculpture, as well as new figurative subjects into Britain, thanks to his training in Europe.
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Courtesy of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Date de publication | 17/12/2014 |
Durée d’impression | 540 - 600 minutes |
Quantité de filament | 72g |
Dimensions | 68.73 x 63.85 x 125.00 |
Complexité | Medium |
Titre | Boy Playing the Bagpipes |
Date | ca. 1680-1690 (made) |
Dimension | Height: 108 cm of figure, Weight: 268 kg plinth, Width: 51 cm of figure, Depth: 59 cm of figure, Height: 134 cm of plinth, Width: 60.5 cm of plinth, Depth: 66 cm of plinth |
Accession | A.3-1930 |
Medium | Carved Portland stone |
Credit | Acquired by the museum by private treaty, via Alfred Spero and Kerin Ltd, London in 1930 |
Record | http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O67329/boy-playing-the-bagpipes-statue-cibber-caius-gabriel/ |
Artiste | Caius Gabriel Cibber |
Localisation | Victoria and Albert Museum, London |