Yale Center for British Art

Creator:: Joseph Nollekens, 1737–1823, British
Title:: Adonis
Date:: 1770s
Materials & Techniques:: Terracotta
Dimensions:: Overall: 8 1/8 x 2 3/4 inches (20.6 x 7 cm)
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:: Public Domain
Accession Number:: B1977.14.18
Classification:: Sculptures
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Subject Terms:: nude | man | religious and mythological subject | Greek
Currently On View:: Not on view
Publications:: John Kenworthy - Browne, Terracotta Models by Joseph Nollekens, Sculpture Journal, vol. 2, pp. 74, 82, pl. 14, NB1 S39 (HAAS)
Ingrid Roscoe, A biographical dictionary of sculptors in Britain, 1660-1851, Yale University Press, New Haven, CT, 2009, p. 905, no. 177, NB496 B56 2009 (YCBA) (Wall Shelf 3) Yale electronic resource also available online: Orbis
Link:: https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:1463