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The earliest English equestrian statue. Originally commissioned in 1630 by Charles I's Lord Treasurer, Sir Richard Weston, for his house Mortlake Park in Roehampton. Erected on the site of the Charing Cross in 1674–5, when the pedestal was carved by Joshua Marshall. [18] Temple Bar Gate, Paternoster Square c. 1670–2: John Bushnell
The statue of James II is a bronze sculpture [2] located in the front garden of the National Gallery in Trafalgar Square, London, United Kingdom. [3] Probably inspired by French statues of the same period, it depicts James II of England as a Roman emperor, wearing Roman armour and a laurel wreath (traditionally awarded to a victorious Roman commander).
He is known to have collaborated with Peter van Dievoet on the creation of the statue of King James II during his stay in the workshop of Grinling Gibbons. [2] Medallion with vanitas motifs. Van der Meulen returned in 1687 to his home town and was admitted as a master sculptor of the Mechelen Guild of Saint Luke in 1689. [3]
Kalpis painting of Sappho by the Sappho Painter (c. 510 BC), currently held in the National Museum, Warsaw. Sappho (/ ˈ s æ f oʊ /; Greek: Σαπφώ Sapphṓ [sap.pʰɔ̌ː]; Aeolic Greek Ψάπφω Psápphō; c. 630 – c. 570 BC) was an Archaic Greek poet from Eresos or Mytilene on the island of Lesbos.
Sappho Square, where the statue of the Ancient Greek poet Sappho is located [22] Statue of Liberty (Mytilene) Theofilos Museum [23] Yeni Mosque, Mytilene; Valide Mosque, Mytilene; The Roman aqueduct of Mória [24] Teriade Meseum [25] Agora of Ermou street [26] Stoa of Mytilene, Hellinistic stoa in the area of Epano skala [27]
Sangiliyan Statue; Sculptures of Swedish rulers; John III Sobieski Monument (Warsaw) Apotheosis of St. Louis; Statue of Abu Ja'far al-Mansur; Statue of Charlemagne (Liège) Statue of Constantine the Great, York; Statue of Gilgamesh, University of Sydney; Statue of Louis XVI; Statue of Queen Victoria, Teldeniya; Statues of King Afonso Henriques ...
Another important object from Arundel's collection is the so-called Arundel Head, a Hellenistic bronze portrait of a philosopher or king from Asia Minor now in the British Museum. [ 3 ] The Arundel marbles were catalogued as early as 1628, when, at the suggestion of Sir Robert Bruce Cotton , John Selden compiled a catalogue: Marmora ...
Monument to the Royal Stuarts in St. Peter's Basilica. The Monument to the Royal Stuarts is a memorial in St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican City State.It commemorates the last three members of the Royal House of Stuart: James Francis Edward Stuart ("the Old Pretender", d. 1766), his elder son Charles Edward Stuart ("the Young Pretender" or "Bonnie Prince Charlie", d. 1788), and his younger ...