1592996137000 1312637261000 Standard Record object-29736 1761847249971 1719330706000 1761847247966 adlib fitz-online adlib-object-29736 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/29736 57ef82e2-9676-30e0-b9f8-dc708773b3dd 16 person reference agent-158126 adlib-agent-158126 6316743e-3a7d-3548-87b1-90a36fc1756f Handel, George Frideric person reference agent-149975 adlib-agent-149975 e6f5b711-54e0-351d-a83c-758cad4cba19 angel reference term-98228 adlib-term-98228 3d747999-296f-3944-9a84-2936c3ae9f5c sculpture reference term-98112 adlib-term-98112 32d115a4-d3ac-33b0-b126-2a3da0fdf139 portrait Applied Arts Terracotta, modelled in the round. The composer is seated on a plinth, plucking the strings of a lyre. He is shown in undress, wearing a night-cap and gown, and slippers, one of which has fallen off and is under his foot. A boy 'recording angel' sits at his feet taking down the notes. 2 reference exhibition-1273 adlib-exhibition-1273 e066a7f8-4979-33ba-acc2-31a503fb2397 Handel and the Fitzwilliam Museum F 9 reference exhibition-654 adlib-exhibition-654 71d91f5d-ff07-35f5-923f-5ee87da17aa7 Rococo: Art and Design in Hogarth's England 6 reference exhibition-1424 adlib-exhibition-1424 d3062293-286d-31da-91bc-2a7db4fcacbf Handel, A Celebration of his Life and Times 1685-1759 C.36 reference exhibition-2373 adlib-exhibition-2373 468bb6a8-edac-3df0-890f-1d3aff9e4595 Silent Partners: Artist and Mannequin from Function to Fetish reference exhibition-3311 adlib-exhibition-3311 58387055-a3d9-3ae0-b728-d65b826d1db4 Opera: Passion, Power and Politics M.3-1922 1 accession number M.3-1922 29736 priref 29736 Art UK external ID CAM_CCF_M_3_1922 uri https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/29736 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/29736 reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum Given by Captain E.G. Spencer-Churchill reference agent-157193 adlib-agent-157193 55bce008-f15c-3079-9696-f6ae30ea3df4 Spencer Churchill, E. G., Captain 1922 1922 1922-12-07 given 1738 CE 1738 before 1738 sculptor reference agent-118198 adlib-agent-118198 a7742220-d263-32a2-b02d-091c6269df3f Roubiliac, Louis François In depicting Handel in the act of composing, Roubiliac encourages us to imagine the the sound of the music being played. Eyes half-shut, the composer leans towards his lyre (a small stringed instrument), concentrating on the notes produced as he plucks the strings. At his feet, his amanuensis (a naked putto) listens carefully, scribbling down the score as Handel plays. The music is probably for Alexander’s Feast, composed in 1736, in which lute and oboe feature (as shown in the sculpture). On the unveiling of the marble statue in April 1738, visitors were astounded by its realism, and would no doubt have enjoyed being able to compare the sculpture with the real man, as Handel regularly frequented the Gardens. This terracotta was the model for Roubiliac’s first major work after settling in London in c.1730: a life-size statue in Carrara marble of the famous composer, Handel made for display in the Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens (now in the Victoria and Albert Museum). Life-size marble statues were the most expensive type of portrait sculpture, traditionally reserved for monarchs and military heroes and normally commissioned for prominent public spaces. Sitters were generally shown standing and dressed in formal attire. The fact that Handel was a German musician, portrayed in casual attire in a relaxed pose, made this informal image a radical departure from accepted convention. reference term-121036 adlib-term-121036 d94c6987-b658-37d7-a4c1-f5da804d2e40 18th Century, second quarter reference term-107736 adlib-term-107736 e93a8dd1-d76d-320b-be9b-afa352e322a1 George II reference term-106216 adlib-term-106216 825b8379-ec94-388e-9a59-624e40c090d0 literal England England country probably London All or most of the surface appears to be united by a thin pinkish-buff terracotta-coloured wash over a whitish gesso? ground; the latter revealed in thinner areas of wash (e.g. the crease above the PR thigh of the putto) and by minor damage (e.g. chip from toe of Handel's PL slipper). 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Park Library); Captain E.G. 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figure reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum reference number literal name Sculpture UK Sculpture UK reference number literal name Sensual Virtual Sensual Virtual Publ. Provenance, pp. 41-2. Thomas Hudson; his sale, c. 26th February 1785, lot 37; purchased by Nathaniel Smith and sold by him to his master, Joseph Nollekens; Nollekens sale, 3rd July, 1823, lot 60 (as Carlini), purchased by 'Hamlet, the silversmith', presumably Thomas Hamlet; probably purchased for Northwick Park at Hamlet's sale held by Robins, 29th July, 1833 (only recorded copy of the sale cat. derives from the Northwick Park Library); Captain E.G. Spencer-Churchill, Northwick, by whom given to the Fitzwilliam Museum. pp. 41-2 reference publication-2370 adlib-publication-2370 e3713b12-fdd7-33b5-a806-333a62832e5f The Life and Works of François Roubiliac Publ. Illustrated, pp. 1-13, illustrated p. 10, fig. 11 pp. 1-13 reference publication-200000771 adlib-publication-200000771 b8d94ca1-2a03-3307-8958-83db55496f2c Handel at Vauxhall Publ. Illustrated in colour, p. 81, no. 82 p. 81 reference publication-382 adlib-publication-382 ee5148de-e3eb-3d38-88db-9a331edf70b6 Treasures of the Fitzwilliam Museum Publ. p. 89, no. F 9 p. 89 reference publication-2341 adlib-publication-2341 9f995346-7a8d-3fd8-910c-b973dd37873b Rococo: Art and Design in Hogarth's England Publ. pp. 39-40, no. 6, ill. in colour between pp. 44-5. The provenance is given. pp. 39-40 reference publication-2372 adlib-publication-2372 886521b2-07d3-3b58-a357-81aa6d0a7fb4 Handel, A Celebration of his Life and Times 1685-1759 Publ. p. 185, fig. 2.130 185 reference publication-6368 adlib-publication-6368 9c344200-cd9c-3b07-ac5e-06c969ee810c I Turned It Into a Palace, Sydney Cockerell and the Fitzwilliam Museum Ref. For background information about Vauxhall gardens and the marble, see pp. 22-31 pp. 22-31 reference publication-200000772 adlib-publication-200000772 cb761bfe-1770-3284-b922-f9c4c3990970 Roubiliac's Statue of Handel and the Keeping of Order in Vauxhall Gardens in the Early Eighteenth Century Ref. pp. 41-4. It was entitled 'To the Master of Vauxhall Gardens, on his employing the ingenious Mr Roubillac to carve the Statue of Mr. Handel' London Magazine, VII (June 1738), p. 302 pp. 41-4 reference publication-200000773 adlib-publication-200000773 ab92bd55-e9c3-339e-b2ed-8250419d0b6f Tyers, Roubiliac and a sculpture's fame: a poem about the commissioning of the Handel statue at Vauxhall Cf. p. 114-15, no. 156, the marble in the Victoria and Albert Museum (A.3-1965). The Fitzwilliam's terracotta is mentioned on p. 115. The author's identify Handle as in the guise of Orpheus playing Apollo's lyre. 114-15 reference publication-3759 adlib-publication-3759 73edca64-3289-371a-bf69-0300633e25ed British Sculpture 1470 to 2000, A Concise Catalogue of the Collection at the Victoria and Albert Museum Publ. p. 17, illustrated b & w. 5-22 reference publication-200002161 adlib-publication-200002161 ef9eb918-ace0-33fa-9ef4-797aa6273823 Roubiliac's Handel for Vauxhall Gardens; a sculpture in context Catalogue C.62 252 reference publication-8424 adlib-publication-8424 5f31fab4-b41f-36a0-964f-e7e8543a7765 Silent Partners: Artist and Mannequin from Function to Fetish Publ. p. 78 short description, p. 79 full page colour illustration pp. 78-9 reference publication-8737 adlib-publication-8737 401a7b78-3a20-3d2c-a046-22a738446b86 Opera: Passion Power and Politics reference term-9010 adlib-term-9010 ecd03def-5d2a-3b43-bb92-76be16fbabf6 Rococo reference term-110268 adlib-term-110268 fccb06c4-b7ca-32c4-8478-182b56bedd1c Vauxhall Gardens object name reference term-92289 adlib-term-92289 a68f0b86-a6a2-3a73-a5aa-c22190983802 lyre place name reference term-106216 adlib-term-106216 825b8379-ec94-388e-9a59-624e40c090d0 London place name reference term-131459 adlib-term-131459 c3946fc7-b99a-378c-87ce-34e6554e4c39 51.486667; -0.121833 co-ordinates reference term-1609 adlib-term-1609 84f2e5e2-0de4-3096-98b9-7bb4c12aaffd male literal lyre lyre literal London London literal 51.486667; -0.121833 51.486667; -0.121833 literal male male

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