Inigo Jones (1573-1652) Architect

Location

Country: UK
City: London
Place: Historic Royal Palaces (long-term loans), Banqueting House, Whitehall

John Michael Rysbrack was born in Antwerp, the son of landscape painter Peeter Rijsbrack. He is thought to have trained under Michiel van der Voort from 1706 to 1712. He later became a member of the Guild of Painters in Antwerp. In 1720, he moved to England. Rysbrack enjoyed a successful career in London as a sculptor of portrait busts, statues and funerary monuments. However, by the 1740s he was losing commissions to rival sculptors Scheemakers and Roubiliac. In 1745, he became a Governor and Guardian of the Foundling Hospital and, in 1769, a founder member of the Royal Academy. However, he suffered increasingly from fluid retention in his later years and retired in 1764, devoting his time to drawing for pleasure. He died six years later.

People

Inigo Jones (1573 - 1652)

Places

Subjects

theatre designer, architect (as Subject), male portrait, beard, moustache, man, 17th century costume, cap

Materials & Techniques

bust (as object name), plaster bust, plaster, painted

Artist

John Michael, (after) Rysbrack

Title

Inigo Jones (1573-1652) Architect

Date

Medium

Painted plaster bust

Dimensions

height: 64.00 cm, width: 49.00 cm

Acquisition

Origin uncertain: old Ministry of Works acquisition

Provenance

Plaster cast of Rysbrack's marble bust at Chatsworth

GAC number

11493