Venus Reclining on a Sea Monster with Cupid and a Putto
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Location
| Street: | Parham Park |
| Town: | Storrington |
| Parish: | Parham |
| Council: | Horsham District Council |
| County: | West Sussex |
| Postcode: | RH204HS |
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| Object setting: | Inside building |
| Access is: | Public |
| Location note: | Parham Park, the Upper Hall at the top of the stairs |
| In the AZ book: | West Sussex |
| Page: | 106 |
| Grid reference: | 6C/6D |
| The A-Z books used are A-Z East Sussex and A-Z West Sussex (Editions 1A 2005). Geographers' A-Z Map Company Ltd. Sevenoaks. | |
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Makers
| Name : | John Deare |
| Role: | Sculptor |
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General Information
| Commissioned by: | Sir Cecil Bysshopp 8th Baronet, 12th Lord Zouche |
| Construction period: | 1785-1787 |
| Installation date: | 1788 |
| Work is: | Extant |
| Owner custodian: | Lady Emma and Mr. James Barnard |
| Description: | Sculptural relief of a naked Venus reclining on the back of a sea-goat amid waves. In the background is the figure of Cupid about to fire an arrow and the figure of a putto. |
| Iconographical description: | The depiction is partly derived from an ancient Roman relief of the wedding procession of Poseidon and Amphitrite and an antique Roman sarcophagus that were both in Rome when Deare composed the piece. |
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Classification
| Categories: | Sculptural |
| Object type1: | Sculpture |
| Object type2: | Relief |
| Subject type1: | Figurative |
| Subject subtype1: | Group |
| Subject type2: | Mythological |
| Subject subtype1: | Reclining |
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Object Parts
| Part 1: | Frame |
| Material: | Black coloured wood |
| Height (cm): | 48 |
| Width (cm): | 73 |
| Depth (cm): | 7 |
| Part 2: | Sculptural relief |
| Material: | White marble |
| Height (cm): | 33 |
| Width (cm): | 58 |
| Depth (cm): | 5 |
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Object Condition
| Overall condition: | Good |
| Risk assessment: | No known risk |
| Date of on-site inspection: | 19/10/2008 |
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History
| History: | Deare lived in Rome from 1785 onwards after winning a travel scholarship from the Royal Academy. He made several versions of this carving, this one for Sir Cecil Bisshop at Parham being the first. A similar version was made for Sir Richard Worsley Bart. and is in the collection of the J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles. Deare specialised in reliefs of mythological subjects, often for interior decorative schemes.
('The Return of the Gods') |
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References
| Source 1 : | |
| Title: | 'The Return of the Gods:Neoclassical Sculpture in Britain' |
| Type: | Book |
| Author: | Trusted, Marjorie. |
| Page: | 24 |
| Publisher: | Tate Publishing. London. |
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| Title: | 'Parham: Pulboough, West Sussex' |
| Type: | Book |
| Author: | Tritton, Veronica & Coombs, David. |
| Publisher: | Parham Park Ltd. Pulborough. |
Further information: | |
| www.parhaminsussex.co.uk#http://www.parhaminsussex.co.uk# | |
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Photographs
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