Catalogue of European Sculpture in the Ashmolean Museum: 1540 to the Present Day Three-Volume Set Vol. I: Italian Sculpture; Vol. II: French and Other European Sculpture (excluding Italian and British); Vol. III: British Sculpture

by Penny, Nicholas

• ISBN13: 9780199513567
• ISBN10: 0199513562
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1993-01-28
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

This is a superbly illustrated Catalogue of the collection of sculpture in the Ashmolean Museum which is, after that of the Victoria and Albert Museum, the largest and most important in Great Britain. The collection is particularly strong in Italian bronzes and in the work of the New Sculptors (the former from the Fortnum Collection, the latter from the Brocklebank bequest). In addition it possesses the famous ivory Venus and Cupid by Petel, the extraordinary bronze Venus formerly attributed to Hans Mont, the baroque marble bust of Christopher Wren signed by Pierce, a boxwood Saint Sebastian in the style of Bustelli, and the Ugolino by Pierino da Vinci--probably the finest preserved Renaissance relief in wax. The Catalogue , which is divided into three volumes, also includes some ceramics, metalwork, and furniture. It is fully illustrated, including some comparative plates, and contains unusually full discussions of condition and technique.

Table of Contents

List of works catalogued

Notes on the scope and presentation of the catalogue

Preliminary essay

The Fortnum collection

Sculptures of the Italian school associated with a named sculptor, craftsman, or supplier

Independent sculptures of the Italian school unassociated with a named sculptor, craftsman, or supplier

Fittings for furniture and doors unassociated with a named sculptor or craftsman (pediments, frames, knockers, handles, lockplates)

Fittings for plumbing unassociated with a named sculptor or craftsman

Furniture (cupboards,Cassoni, caskets, chairs, pedestals

Inkstands and candlestands

Seals, handles, feet, document holders

Salt-cellars, centrepieces, basins, ewers, shields Appendix: Italian furniture in the Ashmolean Museum Concordance Index of artists and craftsmen

List of works catalogued

Notes on the scope and presentation of the catalogue

Preliminary essay

Sculpture in the Department of Fine Art

Sculptures of the French School associated with a named sculptor, craftsman, or supplier

Sculptures of the French School unassociated with a named sculptor, craftsman, or supplier

Sculptures by named artists or craftsmen of European Schools other than the Italian, French, or British

other than Italian, French, or British sculptures of Schools associated with a named artist or craftsman

Trifles and rubbish reluctantly received or inadvertantly acquired

French furniture in the Ashmolean Museum

Furniture in the Ashmolean Museum from Schools other than the Italian, French, or British Concordance Index of artists and craftsmen

List of works catalogued

Notes on the scope and presentation of the catalogue

Preliminary essays

The University Galleries and the Taylor Institute: The Architecture and the Sculptural Decoration

Chantrey, Westmacott, and the casts after the Antique

The Brocklebank Bronzes and Gilbert's Circe

Sculptures of the British School associated with a named sculptor, craftsman, or supplier

Sculptures of the British School unassociated with a named sculptor, craftsman, or supplier

Plaster Casts from the Studio of Sir Francis Chantrey: The Chantrey Casts: Technique and conservation

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British furniture in the Ashmolean Museum Concordance

Index of artists and craftsmen

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