JOSEPH NOLLEKENS

Details

A carved marble bust of the Duke of York
Joseph Nollekens
The reverse inscribed J.NOLLEKENS R.A SCULP., on turned marble socle
28½in. (72.5cm.) high, 20¼in. (51.5cm.) wide
With an associated scagliola faux Portoro marble plaster columnar pedestal
45in. (114.3cm.) high

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Lot Essay

Frederick, Duke of York was the second son of George III; Frederick died in 1827. He was George III's favourite but was disgraced in 1809 when it was revealed that. his mistress, Mary Clarke, had acted as broker for military commissions and promotions. Frederick was made to resign as Commander-in-Chief of the army. Nollekens, who was born in 1737, studied and worked in Rome for the decade 1760-70, and then returned to England, where his dominance of the field of sculpture - and especially of portraiture - was complete. He was made A.R.A. in 1771 and R.A. in the following year, and was a regular exhibitor at the Academy until 1816. After his death in 1823, James Christie held a sale of the contents of his studio and his house on 3rd July of that year.

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