Three Colours White
Anyone who watched Saturday's A History of Art in Three Colours: White on BBC4 (while the British Isles were appropriately covered with snow) will be familiar with Dr James Fox's thesis:
-that J.J. Winckelman (1717-68), the pioneering art historian, saw the art of the ancient Greeks and Romans as the finest achievements of Western culture, and for Winckelman 'whiteness symbolised all of the qualities of ancient Greek civilization':
Winkelmann.
[n.d. c.1790.]
Stipple with large margins. Plate 235 x 184mm. 9¼ x 7¼". [Ref: 24841] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
-that while at the Vatican, as keeper of antiquities, he encountered the sculpture 'that would inspire him like no other', the Apollo Belvedere. The form of this statue is similar to the statue of Apollo shown here:
Apollo Pythonem jaculans. [Apollo shooting the Python.] To Dr. Richard Mead Physician to His Majesty. _ This Plate is humbly inscrib'd by his most oblig'd & obedient Servant R. Dalton.
R. Dalton fecit.
[n.d., c.1760.]
Etching, 530 x 375mm. 21 x 14¾". Horizontal crease through title.
This statue is now part of the collection at the Villa Farnesina, Rome.
[Ref: 11825] £280
-and that potter Josiah Wedgwood, 'a disciple of Winckelman...was determined to bring the white of antiquity into homes across the land':
Josiah Wedgwood Esqr. Done from an original Picture Painted in Enamel as large as Life.
George Stubbs pinxt. Geo: Townly Stubbs sculpt. Engraver to His R.H. the Prince of Wales.
London, Published Feby. 10. 1795, by Geo:Townly Stubbs, No.86 High Street, Marybone.
Stipple, rare. Plate 229 x 178mm. 9 x 7". Trimmed to platemark.
This print was published by George Townly Stubbs within three months of Wedgwood's death in 1795 as a memorial, probably taken from the enamel in his father's studio.
Ex Collection: R. Hobson of Hove. Clayton: 97, ii/ii.
[Ref: 25468] £320
The programme can currently be watched on BBC iPlayer- recommended for those who have not yet seen it.
-that J.J. Winckelman (1717-68), the pioneering art historian, saw the art of the ancient Greeks and Romans as the finest achievements of Western culture, and for Winckelman 'whiteness symbolised all of the qualities of ancient Greek civilization':
[n.d. c.1790.]
Stipple with large margins. Plate 235 x 184mm. 9¼ x 7¼". [Ref: 24841] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
-that while at the Vatican, as keeper of antiquities, he encountered the sculpture 'that would inspire him like no other', the Apollo Belvedere. The form of this statue is similar to the statue of Apollo shown here:
R. Dalton fecit.
[n.d., c.1760.]
Etching, 530 x 375mm. 21 x 14¾". Horizontal crease through title.
This statue is now part of the collection at the Villa Farnesina, Rome.
[Ref: 11825] £280
-and that potter Josiah Wedgwood, 'a disciple of Winckelman...was determined to bring the white of antiquity into homes across the land':
George Stubbs pinxt. Geo: Townly Stubbs sculpt. Engraver to His R.H. the Prince of Wales.
London, Published Feby. 10. 1795, by Geo:Townly Stubbs, No.86 High Street, Marybone.
Stipple, rare. Plate 229 x 178mm. 9 x 7". Trimmed to platemark.
This print was published by George Townly Stubbs within three months of Wedgwood's death in 1795 as a memorial, probably taken from the enamel in his father's studio.
Ex Collection: R. Hobson of Hove. Clayton: 97, ii/ii.
[Ref: 25468] £320
The programme can currently be watched on BBC iPlayer- recommended for those who have not yet seen it.
