COADESTONE. TERRACOTTAS.
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PAIR OF LIPSCOMBE TERRACOTTA CHERUB’S MASK
KEYSTONES
AFTER DUQUESNOY (1594-1643)
English – Circa 1880.
Stamped: LIPSCOMBE & CO. PATENT.
GLAZED TERRACOTTA POTTERIES, CHESTERFIELD
Francois Duquenoy was born in Brussels in1794, and studied with his father, the sculptor Heinrich Duquesnoy. His skill in carving led to Archduke Albert inviting him to study in Rome, where he undertook a number of important commissions in wood, ivory, bronze and marble, including the baldaquin over the high altar and the colossal statue of St Andrew with his cross in St Peter’s, and the figure of St Susanna in the Church of Santa Maria di Loreto. He was a comtemporary of Bernini and a friend of Poussin, who recommended him to Cardinal Richelieu, and it was while on his way to Paris that he was taken ill and died at Livourne. He is particularly well known for his beautiful figures of children.
Height:
17”(43cm). Width: 12” (30.50cm) narrowing to 10” (25.50cm)
Projection: 13” (33cm)