Catalogue of European sculpture in the Ashmolean Museum, 1540 to the present day

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Catalogue of European sculpture in the Ashmolean Museum, 1540 to the present day

Nicholas Penny

Clarendon Press , Published in the U.S. by Oxford University Press, 1992

  • : set
  • v. 1
  • v. 2
  • v. 3

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Vol. 1. Italian -- v. 2. French and other European sculpture (excluding Italian & British) -- v. 3. British

Includes index in each vol

Description and Table of Contents

Volume

v. 1 ISBN 9780199513291

Description

The collection of sculpture in the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford is second only to that of the Victoria and Albert Museum. It 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 posesses the famous ivory Venus and Cupid by Petel, the 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 is divided into three volumes of which this is the first. It includes some ceramics, metalwork and furniture. It is fully illustrated with comparative plates and includes discussion of condition and technique. The catalogue includes material by obscure artists and little-known work by famous sculptors.

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 candlesticks, seals, handles, feet, document holders, salt-cellars, centrepieces, basins, ewers, shields
  • appendix - Italian furniture in the Ashmolean Museum.
Volume

v. 2 ISBN 9780199513482

Description

The collection of sculpture in the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford is second only to that of the Victoria and Albert Museum. It 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 posesses the famous ivory Venus and Cupid by Petel, the 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 is divided into three volumes of which this is the second. It includes some ceramics, metalwork and furniture. It is fully illustrated with comparative plates and includes discussion of condition and technique. The catalogue includes material by obscure artists and little-known work by famous sculptors.

Table of Contents

  • List of works catalogued
  • notes on the scope and presentation of the catalogue
  • preliminary essay - "Sculpture in the Department of Fine Art"
  • sculpture in the French school associated with a named sculptor, craftsman or supplier
  • independent sculptures of the French school unassociated with a named sculptor, craftsman or supplier
  • sculptures by named artists or craftsmen of European schools other than Italian, French or British
  • other than Italian, French or British sculptures of schools unassociated with a named artist or craftsman
  • trifles and rubbish reluctantly received or inadvertantly acquired
  • appendices - French furniture in the Ashmolean Museum, furniture in the Ashmolean Museum from schools other than French, Italian or British.
Volume

v. 3 ISBN 9780199513505

Description

The collection of sculpture in the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford is second only to that of the Victoria and Albert Museum. It 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 posesses the famous ivory Venus and Cupid by Petel, the 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 is divided into three volumes of which this is the third. It includes some ceramics, metalwork and furniture. It is fully illustrated with comparative plates and includes discussion of condition and technique. The catalogue includes material by obscure artists and little-known work by famous sculptors.

Table of Contents

  • List of works catalogued
  • notes on the scope and presentation of the catalogue
  • preliminary essays - "The University Galleries of 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. Appendices: "Plaster Casts from the Studio of Sir Francis Chantrey" - the Chantrey casts - technique and conservation - full-length statues, monumental effigies and reliefs (mostly fragmentary), bust portraits
  • British furniture in the Ashmolean Museum.
Volume

: set ISBN 9780199513567

Description

The collection of sculpture in the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford is second only to that of the Victoria and Albert Museum. It 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 posesses the famous ivory Venus and Cupid by Petel, the 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 is divided into three volumes. It includes some ceramics, metalwork and furniture, and is fully illustrated with comparative plates and includes discussion of condition and technique. The catalogue includes material by obscure artists and little-known work by famous sculptors.

Table of Contents

  • Volume I Italian sculpture: 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 unasociated with a named sculptor or craftsman
  • furniture (cupboards, cassoni, caskets, chairs, pedestals, inkstands and candlesticks, seals, handles, feet, document holders, salt-cellars, centrepieces, basins, ewers, shields
  • appendix - Italian furniture in the Ashmolean Museum. Volume II French and other European sculpture (excluding Italian and British): List of works catalogued
  • notes on the scope and presentation of the catalogue
  • preliminary essay - "Sculpture in the Department of Fine Art"
  • sculpture in the French school associated with a named sculptor, craftsman or supplier
  • independent sculptures of the French school unassociated with a named sculptor, craftsman or supplier
  • sculptures by named artists or craftsmen of European schools other than Italian, French or British
  • other than Italian, French or British sculptures of schools unassociated with a named artist or craftsman
  • trifles and rubbish reluctantly received or inadvertantly acquired
  • appendices - French furniture in the Ashmolean Museum, furniture in the Ashmolean Museum from schools other than French, Italian or British. Volume III British sculpture: List of works catalogued
  • notes on the scope and presentation of the catalogue
  • preliminary essays - "The University Galleries of 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
  • appendices: "Plaster Casts from the Studio of Sir Francis Chantrey" - the Chantrey casts - technique and conservation - full-length statues, monumental effigies and reliefs (mostly fragmentary), bust portraits
  • British furniture in the Ashmolean Museum.

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