1760
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Design for a monument to General Wolfe is a 1760 by John Michael Rysbrack, a Flemish Baroque painting work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This sketch shows a tall monument with a winged figure on top. Below, two soldiers hold up a wounded man. A smaller scene at the base shows a group of people watching. The whole thing is drawn in light pencil lines. The monument honors a general who died in battle. The artist used simple shapes to show drama. The drawing looks like a plan for a real statue. Check out the Victoria and Albert Museum to see more sketches like this.
The drawing depicts a proposed funerary monument for General Wolfe, rendered in ink, watercolour, and ink wash. Wolfe is shown in a dying pose, supported by the Goddess of War, while Britannia mourns over him and Fame descends to place a crown upon him. Below, the pedestal features a relief illustrating Wolfe being carried dead into the City of Quebec. The work is inscribed, indicating its purpose as a design for the monument.
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Johannes Michel or John Michael Rysbrack, original name Jan Michiel Rijsbrack, often referred to simply as Michael Rysbrack (24 June 1694 – 8 January 1770), was an 18th-century Flemish sculptor, who spent most of his…
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