Henry Cheere II
A George III Statuary Marble Chimney Piece Tablet, circa 1780
Attributed to Henry Cheere (d.1781), after François Duquesnoy (d. 1643)
Provenance: Private Collection (United Kingdom)
Height: 26cm Width: 54cm Depth: 7.5cm
A finely carved marble tablet depicting a Bacchic procession, celebrating the harvest and the wine deity Bacchus. Festive putti drive a goat toward the Feast, while others drink from a wine jar, dance and play instruments in joyous revelry.
The composition relates closely to the celebrated marble relief by François Duquesnoy in the Galleria Doria Pamphilj, Rome. A terracotta version of the same subject was incorporated into a chimneypiece at Spencer House, London in the 1760s (see J. Friedman, Spencer House, London, 1993, figs. 181 & 145). Such Bacchanalian tablets were supplied by the Hyde Park sculptor Henry Cheere, whose workshop was active in producing classically inspired decorative schemes.
For a closely related example, see Christie's London, The Nigel Bartlett Collection - Chimneypieces and Architectural Elements, 14 September 2005, lot 180.
Attributed to Henry Cheere (d.1781), after François Duquesnoy (d. 1643)
Provenance: Private Collection (United Kingdom)
Height: 26cm Width: 54cm Depth: 7.5cm
A finely carved marble tablet depicting a Bacchic procession, celebrating the harvest and the wine deity Bacchus. Festive putti drive a goat toward the Feast, while others drink from a wine jar, dance and play instruments in joyous revelry.
The composition relates closely to the celebrated marble relief by François Duquesnoy in the Galleria Doria Pamphilj, Rome. A terracotta version of the same subject was incorporated into a chimneypiece at Spencer House, London in the 1760s (see J. Friedman, Spencer House, London, 1993, figs. 181 & 145). Such Bacchanalian tablets were supplied by the Hyde Park sculptor Henry Cheere, whose workshop was active in producing classically inspired decorative schemes.
For a closely related example, see Christie's London, The Nigel Bartlett Collection - Chimneypieces and Architectural Elements, 14 September 2005, lot 180.