Peter Gaspar Scheemakers, 1691–1781, Flemish, active in Britain (from ca. 1720), Francis, second Earl of Godolphin, 1733
- Title:
- Francis, second Earl of Godolphin
- Former Title(s):
- Francis, 2nd Earl of Godolphin
- Date:
- 1733
- Materials & Techniques:
- Marble
- Dimensions:
- Overall: 24 1/2 x 13 x 11 inches (62.2 x 33 x 27.9 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Chiseled on back of bust, below edge: "Sie ord ferebate | Honoro riss Franc Comer | de Godolphin"
Signed and dated by chisel on supporting column on back of bust, proper left: "P: Scheemakers | Fecit."; on back of bust, below edge: "A.D. 1733"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1979.36.1
- Classification:
- Sculptures
- Collection:
- Paintings and Sculpture
- Subject Terms:
- man | politician | politics | portrait
- Associated People:
- Godolphin, Francis, second earl of Godolphin (1678–1766), politician and officer of the royal household
- Access:
- Not on view
- Link:
- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:1484
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Noble Exercise - The Sporting Ideal in Eighteenth-Century British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 1982-07-14 - 1982-09-19) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition]
Stephen Deuchar, Noble exercise : the sporting ideal in eighteenth-century British art, , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 1982, p. 48, no. 89, ND1388 G7 D48+ (YCBA) [YCBA]
Angus Trumble, The Marble Bust, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 2004, no. 14, V 1304 (YCBA) [YCBA]
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