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X.1067, 4(1580b)
- Record Id:
- 040-003303352
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003303304
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100028276000.0x00181b
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- X.1067, 4(1580b)
- Title:
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'Godfrey de Bouillon' (plaster); Simonis. Photographer: Ferrier, Claude-Marie
- Scope & Content:
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Genre: Fine Arts, Photography of
View of Simonis' equestrian statue, cast in plaster from the original in bronze, of Godfrey de Bouillon, raising the banner with which he led the Crusaders to the Holy Land: 'In this work the expression of the head is full of life and animation, the action very emphatic, the execution very careful. To compensate for the optical diminution which causes statues placed in the open air to appear meagre and deficient in mass, the artist has in this group exaggerated the forms both of the warrior and the horse. This departure from nature has perhaps been carried too far, and the principles of Plastic Art have thus been lost sight of in the treatment of the surfaces. It may also be remarked that in the side view the form of the horse presents two lines which are too parallel, and by no means happy.' (pp. 1581-82).
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003303304
040-003303352 - Is part of:
- X.1067, 4 : Exhibition of the works of industry of all nations, 1851. Reports by the juries on the subjects in the thirty classes into which…
X.1067, 4(1580b) : 'Godfrey de Bouillon' (plaster); Simonis. Photographer: Ferrier, Claude-Marie - Hierarchy:
- 032-003303304[0048]/040-003303352
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: X.1067, 4
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Techniques:
- Photograph
Photographic Print
Salted Paper Print
Silver Printing-Out Paper Print - Start Date:
- 1851
- End Date:
- 1851
- Date Range:
- 1851
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Dimensions: 212 mm x 154 mm
Format: Printed Book
Secondary Support: Paper
- Material Type:
- Photographs
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Ferrier, Claude Marie, photographer and publisher, 1811-1889
- Subjects:
- Art
Events
Exhibitions
Great Exhibition, London, 1851
Sculpture