Bust in the Royal Collection, attrib. van Nost - Black People in 17th and 18th Century European Sculpture - a quick tour.

Some random notes on the Royal Collection bust and portrait sculpture of black people.

Where have the images gone???

"Bust of a Moor" 
Polychrome Marble

in the Royal Collection 

attrib. John van Nost I.

Height 98.5 cms.

It seems that this bust has been in the Royal Collection since about 1700.

This sculpture has been traditionally described as a favorite personal servant of William III.

There appears to have so far been little information available on this incredible bust.

I will remain sceptical for the time being. It is of exceptional quality.

It is my current thinking that it is Venetian.

Excellent Hi Res images from the Royal Collection Website

https://www.royalcollection.org.uk/collection/1396/bust-of-a-moor

18th Century Polychrome Marble Venetian Bust.

Unknown location.

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18th Century Polychrome Marble Bust of a Youth.
Venetian

Anonymous

65.4 cms

Victoria and Albert Museum.


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Pair of Polychrome Marble Busts in the style of Melchior Barthel (1625 - 72) of Dresden.

Sold Gallerie Koller Zurich Switzerland - 2 Dec 2010.

Barthel seems to have made something of a specialty of depicting black people in his sculptures.

Currently unidentified location

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Polychrome Marble bust of a Young Man

Melchior Barthel

c. 1650

Height 24.5 inches

Saint Louis Art Museum.
















Funeral Monument of the Doge, Giovanni Pesaro
designed by Baldassari Longhena

Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari, Venice



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http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2010/treasures-aristocratic-heirlooms-l10307/lot.6.html
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Ashmolean Museum

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Just for good measure I am adding the bust by Francis Harwood (1727 - 83).

Created in Florence 1758.



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see - http://www.britishartstudies.ac.uk/issues/issue-index/issue-1/bust-of-a-man

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Jean Baptiste Pigalle.
Terracotta.
1760.

Musee d'Orleans, France.




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Bust of a young woman
Anonymous Italian?
Serpentine
15.75"
16th Century?
Victoria and Albert Museum.



Bust of a Man.
Anonymous.
Italian?
Bronze.
Height 22 cms.
National Museum of Warsaw.


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see - http://www.britishartstudies.ac.uk/issues/issue-index/issue-1/bust-of-a-man


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