Design for a Sarcophagus with Two Mourning Figures
Catalogue
- Year
- 1845
- Dimensions
- sheet: 13 15/16 x 8 in. (35.4 x 20.3 cm)
- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Artist
- John Gibson
Artist
Painting
John Gibson was a Welsh neoclassical sculptor who studied in Rome under Canova. He excelled chiefly in bas-relief, notably the two life-size works The Hours Leading the Horses of the Sun and Phaethon Driving the Chariot of the Sun, but was also proficient in monumental and portrait statuary. He is famous for his statues of Sir Robert Peel, William Huskisson and Queen Victoria. Gibson was elected a Royal Academician in 1836, and left the contents of his studio to the Royal Academy, where many of his marbles and casts are currently on display.
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- John Gibson
- Year
- 1845
- Dimensions
- sheet: 13 15/16 x 8 in. (35.4 x 20.3 cm)
- Watts ID
- WW-1845-T005878
Source
- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Source
- met
- Reference
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