Queen Elizabeth I (1533-1603): M.2-1941

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Queen Elizabeth I (1533-1603)

Maker(s)

Hagen, Jasper van der (Uncertain)
Houbraken, Jacobus (After)

Entities

Relief

Description

High relief bust portrait of Queen Elizabeth I, three quarters to right. Plaster, cast. In rectangular, moulded ebonized wood frame.

Legal notes

Given to the University Library in 1811 by the Rev. Bailly Wallis, D.D. and transferred to the Fitzwilliam by the Library in 1941

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Transferred (1941) by Cambridge University Library

Dating

Unknown
Production date: before AD 1811

Note

Apparently after an ivory by Jasper Van der Hagen after Houbraken, and possibly by him as between 1766-1779 he exhibited 'reliefs, busts and statues of plaster and ivory' at the Free Society of Artists. See Sotheby's Sale Catalogue, 22nd April 1986.

People, subjects and objects depicted

Project

Sculpture UK

Components of the work

Frame Height 20.6 cm Width 18.1 cm

Materials used in production

Plaster

Techniques used in production

Relief : High relief plaster, cast
Casting (process)

References and bibliographic entries

European Sculpture, Works of Art and Ironwork, 22nd April 1986 page(s): p. 70

Identification numbers

Accession number: M.2-1941
Primary reference Number: 29328
External ID: CAM_CCF_M_2_1941
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Friday 19 June 2020

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts