After the Antique: a lead figure of a dancing faun attributed to John Cheere
mid 18th century with later applied figleaf and on later composition stone pedestal with lead mounts the figure 159cm.; 62ins, overall 292cm.; 103ins John Cheere was first in partnership with his brother Sir Henry Cheere but took over John Nost~s yard and his moulds for lead figures in about 1739. Until his death in 1787 he was the leading producer of lead statuary as well as working in plaster. Contemporary accounts of his yard, which was situated on Hyde Park Corner indicate that his oeuvre was very varied and included rustic figures as well as classical statues and busts from antiquity. A similar 18th century lead faun exists at Castle Hill in Devon, which also has a number of other lead and plaster busts which are known to be identical to the stock products of Cheere~s yard. Another example is at Castle Howard supplied by Cheere at an unknown date for £17.17s. The original dancing faun in marble is recorded in 1688 as being in the Tribuna of the Uffizi in Florence. Universally admired since its discovery it is quite often paired with the Venus de Medici, also in the Uffizi.
After the Antique: a lead figure of a dancing faun attributed to John Cheere
mid 18th century with later applied figleaf and on later composition stone pedestal with lead mounts the figure 159cm.; 62ins, overall 292cm.; 103ins John Cheere was first in partnership with his brother Sir Henry Cheere but took over John Nost~s yard and his moulds for lead figures in about 1739. Until his death in 1787 he was the leading producer of lead statuary as well as working in plaster. Contemporary accounts of his yard, which was situated on Hyde Park Corner indicate that his oeuvre was very varied and included rustic figures as well as classical statues and busts from antiquity. A similar 18th century lead faun exists at Castle Hill in Devon, which also has a number of other lead and plaster busts which are known to be identical to the stock products of Cheere~s yard. Another example is at Castle Howard supplied by Cheere at an unknown date for £17.17s. The original dancing faun in marble is recorded in 1688 as being in the Tribuna of the Uffizi in Florence. Universally admired since its discovery it is quite often paired with the Venus de Medici, also in the Uffizi.
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