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Sculpture

Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield

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Type
Sculpture(Opens in new tab)
Date
1742
Accession number
92.6
Maker
Peter Scheemakers(Opens in new tab) (Flemish, 1691–1781)
Dimensions
height: 25 in. (63.5 cm.)
Medium
marble
Description
This bust portrays Philip Stanhope (1694–1773), a British statesman, diplomat, and wit.
Credit
The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens
Department
European Art
Find out more
View in the Art Museum catalog(Opens in new tab)
This is one of the nine busts that Richard Grenville (1675–1749) commissioned of various sculptors around 1740 to decorate the Temple of Friendship at his country house of Stowe in Buckinghamshire. The structure was badly damaged by fire in 1840 and the busts were sold in 1848. Stanhope wears a medal depicting St. George, England's patron saint, that represents the knighthood he received in 1730.

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