George Frideric Handel
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George Frideric Handel
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Published 2018-11-21T16:04:10+00:00
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This full-length marble statue of the composer George Frideric Handel (1685–1759) was commissioned by the entrepreneur and collector Jonathan Tyers, who ran Spring Gardens at Vauxhall in London in the mid-18th century. Handel was then a leading figure in the capital's musical life. Since public life-size marble statues of living subjects were until this date undertaken only for monarchs, noblemen or military leaders, this figure made a considerable impact at the time. It is the earliest-known independent work by Roubiliac, and established his reputation as a sculptor.
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| Date published | 21/11/2018 |
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| Title | George Frideric Handel |
| Date | 1738 |
| Dimension | 136cm |
| Accession | A.3-1965 |
| Medium | Marble |
| Credit | Purchased with the assistance of the National Art Collections Fund, an independent charity |
| Record | http://www.vam.ac.uk/content/articles/h/roubiliacs-handel/ |
| Artist | Louis-Francois Roubiliac |
| Place | Victoria and Albert Museum, London |
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