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Mantel

Attributed to John Michael Rysbrack (Flemish, Antwerp 1694–1770 London)

Date:: 1745–50
Culture:: British
Medium:: Marble
Dimensions:: H. 75 × W. 118 in. (190.5 × 299.7 cm)
Classification:: Sculpture
Credit Line:: Gift of The Hearst Foundation, 1956
Accession Number:: 56.234.4

This artwork is currently on display in Gallery 514

Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings

Inscription: R (cut into plinth behind the base of the right caryatid)
Provenance

Chesterfield House, London, England; Bretby, Derbyshire, EnglandEarls of Chesterfield , Chesterfield House, London and Bretby, Derbyshire, England ; Earls of Carnarvon , Bretby, Derbyshire, England ; The Hearst Foundation (until 1956; to MMA)
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Who
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What
Sculpture (24,338)

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Europe (150,450)

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When
A.D. 1600-1800 (67,255)
In the Museum
European Sculpture and Decorative Arts (43,182)
Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History
Great Britain and Ireland, 1600–1800 A.D.
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