Artworks · John Michael Rysbrack

Milton From the Bust - My Ninth Head

1817 · Black and white chalk, with stumping, and graphite, on tan wove paper, laid down on card

50.7 × 37.1 cm (20 × 14 5/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Milton from the Bust - My Tenth Head

1817 · Black and white chalk, with stumping, on blue wove paper, laid down on card

51.8 × 37 cm (20 7/16 × 14 5/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Three Studies for Statue of John Locke

1749 · Pen and brown ink, with brush and brown wash, over red chalk and graphite, on cream laid paper

13.6 × 21.6 cm (5 3/8 × 8 9/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Mantelpiece from Chesterfield House, London

1745 · Marble

Overall: 75 × 118 in. (190.5 × 299.7 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Mantelpiece from Chesterfield House, London

1745 · Marble

Overall: 75 × 118 in. (190.5 × 299.7 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

John Barnard

1744 · Marble

Overall (confirmed): 17 × 12 1/8 × 9 1/8 in. (43.2 × 30.8 × 23.2 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

John Barnard

1744 · Marble

Overall (confirmed): 17 × 12 1/8 × 9 1/8 in. (43.2 × 30.8 × 23.2 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Bust of Carolina, Queen of England

1738 · modeling on terracotta (clay material)

depth: 20 cm, height: 66 cm, width: 20 cm, depth: 35 cm, width: 55 cm

Rijksmuseum

Mary II Stuart, Queen of England and Scotland

1735 · sculpting on marble (rock)

height: 84 cm

Rijksmuseum

John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough (1650–1722)

1731 · Carrara marble

Overall (assembled, wt. confirmed): 36 5/8 in., 245 lb. (93 cm, 111.1 kg);

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Preliminary Design for Monument to John Gay the Poet

1731 · Pen and brown ink, with brush and brown wash, over graphite, on cream laid paper, tipped onto ivory laid paper

12.5 × 13.5 cm (4 15/16 × 5 3/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough (1650–1722)

1731 · Carrara marble

Overall (assembled, wt. confirmed): 36 5/8 in., 245 lb. (93 cm, 111.1 kg); Overall (bust only, wt. confirmed): 24 13/16 in., 155 lb. (63 cm, 70.3 kg); Overall (socle only, wt. confirmed): 90 lb. (40.8 kg)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Hope: Design for the Unexecuted Monument to the First Duke of Marlborough

1728 · Pen and brown ink, with brush and brown wash, over graphite, on ivory laid paper, tipped onto cream laid paper

9 × 5.4 cm (3 9/16 × 2 3/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Warrior upon Sarcophagus Accompanied by Trophies: Unexecuted Design for the Monument to the First Duke of Marlborough

1728 · Pen and brown ink, with brush and brown wash, over graphite, on ivory laid paper, tipped onto ivory laid paper

11.7 × 10.9 cm (4 5/8 × 4 5/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Wisdom: Unexecuted Design for the Monument to the First Duke of Marlborough

1728 · Pen and brown ink, with brush and brown wash, over graphite, on cream laid paper, tipped onto ivory laid paper

12.5 × 9.2 cm (4 15/16 × 3 5/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Fortitude: Unexecuted Design for the Monument to the First Duke of Marlborough

1728 · Pen and brown ink, with brush and brown wash, over graphite, on cream laid paper, tipped onto ivory laid paper

12.1 × 9.5 cm (4 13/16 × 3 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Unexecuted Designs for the Monument to the First Duke of Marlborough

1728 · Pen and brown ink, with brush and brown wash, over graphite, on tan laid paper

18.9 × 29.6 cm (7 1/2 × 11 11/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Unexecuted Design for the Monument to the First Duke of Marlborough

1728 · Pen and brown ink, with brush and brown wash, over graphite, on cream laid paper, tipped onto ivory wove paper

22.7 × 17.3 cm (8 15/16 × 6 13/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Unexecuted Design for the Monument to the First Duke of Marlborough

1728 · Pen and brown ink, with brush and brown wash, over graphite, on cream laid paper, tipped onto ivory laid paper

18.3 × 21.4 cm (7 1/4 × 8 7/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Unexecuted Design for the Monument to the First Duke of Marlborough

1728 · Pen and brown ink, with brush and gray and brown wash, over traces of graphite, on ivory laid paper, tipped onto cream wove paper

23.3 × 17 cm (9 3/16 × 6 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Unexecuted Design for the Monument to the First Duke of Marlborough

1728 · Pen and brown ink, with brush and brown wash, over graphite, on cream laid paper

17.7 × 23.6 cm (7 × 9 5/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Warrior Accompanied by Britannia, Minerva, and Fame (recto); Design for the Monument to Nicholas Rowe (verso)

1728 · Pen and brown ink, with brush and brown wash, over red chalk and graphite (recto); pen and brown ink over graphite (verso), on cream laid paper

20.4 × 22.6 cm (8 1/16 × 8 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Design for an Unexecuted Funerary Monument for the First Duke of Marlborough

1714 · Pen and brown ink, with brush and brown wash, over traces of graphite, on cream laid paper

37.9 × 24.6 cm (14 15/16 × 9 11/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Standing Female Figure with Right Arm Raised

1713 · Pen and brown ink, with brush and brown wash, over graphite, on ivory laid paper, tipped onto ivory laid paper

11.3 × 7.2 cm (4 1/2 × 2 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Design for a Funerary Monument with Fate, Urn, Putto

1713 · Pen and brown ink, with brush and brown wash, over graphite, on cream laid paper, tipped onto ivory laid paper

11.6 × 11.2 cm (4 5/8 × 4 7/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Standing Female Figure with Right Hand Raised

1713 · Pen and brown ink, with brush and brown wash, over graphite, on ivory laid paper, tipped onto ivory laid paper

10.5 × 6.5 cm (4 3/16 × 2 9/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Standing Female Figure with Right Hand Raised

1713 · Pen and brown ink, with brush and brown wash, over graphite, on ivory laid paper, tipped onto ivory laid paper

10 × 7 cm (3 15/16 × 2 13/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Design for a Funerary Monument with Fate, Putto, and Urn

1713 · Pen and brown ink, with brush and brown wash, over graphite, on cream laid paper, tipped onto ivory laid paper

10 × 11 cm (3 15/16 × 4 3/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Standing Female Figure Pointing to Left

1713 · Pen and brown ink, with brush and brown wash, over graphite, on ivory laid paper, tipped onto ivory laid paper

7.6 × 11.3 cm (3 × 4 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Standing Allegorical Figure with Caduceus (Peace?)

1713 · Pen and brown ink, with brush and brown wash, over graphite, on cream laid paper, tipped onto ivory laid paper

10.9 × 8.2 cm (4 5/16 × 3 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Standing Female Figure with Right Arm Raised

1713 · Pen and brown ink, with brush and brown wash, over graphite, on cream laid paper, tipped onto ivory laid paper

10.6 × 6.7 cm (4 3/16 × 2 11/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Standing Female Figure Turning to the Left

1713 · Pen and brown ink, with brush and brown wash, over traces of graphite, on cream laid paper, tipped onto ivory laid paper

11 × 6.8 cm (4 3/8 × 2 11/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Fate with Urn

1713 · Pen and brown ink, with brush and brown wash, over graphite, on cream laid paper, tipped onto ivory laid paper

11 × 7.1 cm (4 3/8 × 2 13/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Design for a Funerary Monument: Four Draped Mourning Female Figures

1713 · Pen and brown ink, with brush and brown wash, over traces of graphite, on cream laid paper, tipped onto ivory laid paper

13.7 × 24.3 cm (5 7/16 × 9 5/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Project for a Statue: Woman Holding Book with Right Hand

1713 · Pen and brown ink, with brush and brown wash, over red chalk and graphite, on cream laid paper, tipped onto ivory laid paper

10.9 × 7.6 cm (4 5/16 × 3 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Joseph and Potiphar's Wife

1713 · Pen and brown ink, with brush and brown wash, heightened with lead white (partly discolored), on cream laid paper, laid down on board

30.4 × 40.5 cm (12 × 16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Study for Sculpture of William III

1713 · Pen and brown ink, with brush and brown wash, over red chalk, on cream laid paper

23.8 × 19.3 cm (9 3/8 × 7 5/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Bust of Milton

1700 · Brush and brown wash, with graphite, on ivory laid paper

32 × 19.2 cm (12 5/8 × 7 9/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Return of Joseph

1700 · Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, with white heightening, on gray paper (once blue).

sheet: 8 5/8 x 11 1/8 in. (21.9 x 28.3 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Return of Joseph

1700 · Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, heightened with white

sheet: 8 5/8 x 11 1/8 in. (21.9 x 28.3 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art