John Barnard

John Michael Rysbrack Flemish

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 510

The Flemish-born Rysbrack was a dominant force in developing the psychologically penetrating portraiture of Augustan England. A log of his busts, begun by George Vertue in 1732 and continued until 1744, lists a bust of "Dr. Bernard, Bp Rapho," as well as a "Son of Mr. Bernard." The fate of the former bust is not known, but the Museum's bust is securely identifiable with the latter. William Barnard was consecrated bishop of Raphoe in Northern Ireland in 1744, succeeded to the bishopric of Derry in 1746–47, and died in 1768. The names of two sons, both clergymen, are recorded, but that of John Barnard is not. The boy is fashionably outfitted in Hussar costume, but there is a grave and wasted aspect to his intelligent features. Conceivably Rysbrack was asked to perpetuate the memory of a beloved child who died at about the age of eight.

John Barnard, John Michael Rysbrack (Flemish, Antwerp 1694–1770 London), Marble, British, London

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John Barnard, John Michael Rysbrack (Flemish, Antwerp 1694–1770 London), Marble, British, London
John Barnard, John Michael Rysbrack (Flemish, Antwerp 1694–1770 London), Marble, British, London
John Barnard, John Michael Rysbrack (Flemish, Antwerp 1694–1770 London), Marble, British, London
John Barnard, John Michael Rysbrack (Flemish, Antwerp 1694–1770 London), Marble, British, London
John Barnard, John Michael Rysbrack (Flemish, Antwerp 1694–1770 London), Marble, British, London
John Barnard, John Michael Rysbrack (Flemish, Antwerp 1694–1770 London), Marble, British, London
John Barnard, John Michael Rysbrack (Flemish, Antwerp 1694–1770 London), Marble, British, London
John Barnard, John Michael Rysbrack (Flemish, Antwerp 1694–1770 London), Marble, British, London
John Barnard, John Michael Rysbrack (Flemish, Antwerp 1694–1770 London), Marble, British, London
John Barnard, John Michael Rysbrack (Flemish, Antwerp 1694–1770 London), Marble, British, London
John Barnard, John Michael Rysbrack (Flemish, Antwerp 1694–1770 London), Marble, British, London
John Barnard, John Michael Rysbrack (Flemish, Antwerp 1694–1770 London), Marble, British, London
John Barnard, John Michael Rysbrack (Flemish, Antwerp 1694–1770 London), Marble, British, London
John Barnard, John Michael Rysbrack (Flemish, Antwerp 1694–1770 London), Marble, British, London

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