Gaspar van der Hagen, active 1747–died 1769, Flemish, active in Britain (from ca. 1744)
Title:
Sacrifice to Hercules
Date:
ca. 1766
Materials & Techniques:
Marble relief
Dimensions:
Overall: 24 x 28 15/16 inches (61 x 73.5 cm)
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund and a Gift from the Parnassus Foundation, Courtesy of Jane and Raphael Bernstein
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B2003.6
Classification:
Sculptures
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Subject Terms:
men | religious and mythological subject | cup | nude | Greek architecture | wreath | wine | sacrifice | apples | altar | statue | Nemean lion | laurel | fire
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Recent Acquisitions - Summer 2005 (Yale Center for British Art, 2006-05-19 - 2006-08-14)
Publications:
Daniel Katz Ltd., European Sculpture, London, 2003, p. 54, no. 21, DealerCat Daniel Katz Ltd.Free Society of Artists, A catalogue of the paintings, sculptures, architecture, models, drawings, engravings &c. now exhibiting by the artists, associated for the relief their distresed brethren, their widows, and children, at Mr. Moreing's Great-Room, in Maiden-Lane, Covent-Ga, Catalogue of the Free Society of Artists, London, 1766, p. 14 [p. 95], no. 177, N5055 S62 C3 1760A (YCBA) Also available on line In 18th century Collection Online data baseAlgernon Graves, The Society of Artists of Great Britain, 1760-1791, and The Free Society of Artists, 1761-1783 : a complete dictionary of contributors and their work from the foundation of the Societies to 1791, Kingsmead Reprints, Bath, 1969, p. 263, no. 177, N5053 G73 1969 (YCBA)Rupert Gunnis, Dictionary of British Sculptors 1660-1851, Murrays Books sales, London, 1968, p. 406, NB496 G85 1968 (YCBA)Langford & Son, Langford & Son sales catalogue : A catalogue of the neat collection of pictures, marble bustos and vases, fine models of bassos relievos and monuments of Mr. Michael Rysbrack : 14 February 1767, London, February 14, 1767, p. 3, lot 44, Available on line : Art Sales Catalogues OnlineIngrid Roscoe, A biographical dictionary of sculptors in Britain, 1660-1851, Yale University Press, New Haven, CT, 2009, pp. 1300-1301, NB496 B56 2009 (YCBA) (Wall Shelf 3) Yale electronic resource also available online: OrbisAngus Trumble, The Marble Bust, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 2004, no. 20, V 1304 (YCBA)
Gallery Label:
Gaspar van der Hagen was an assistant to John Michael Rysbrack for over twenty years, helping to supply the demand for classically inspired ornament for English interiors. In this relief, a small statue of Hercules stands before an altar on which a group of Roman generals pour a libation. It was based on a section of the ancient Arch of Constantine in Rome and was originally intended to decorate the space over a fireplace. Rysbrack, however, kept this relief in his own collection until his death. Gallery label for installation of YCBA collection, 2016