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John Michael Rysbrack

Artist

WA-00013978

Baroque

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WikidataQ6248662

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Taste overlap and adjacency

Movement

Baroque

Medium

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Related Artists

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Institutional

Museum Collections

Rijksmuseum The Metropolitan Museum of Art Art Institute of Chicago

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Artworks (40)

Milton From the Bust - My Ninth Head

1817 · Black and white chalk, with stumping, and graphite, on tan wove paper, laid down on card

50.7 × 37.1 cm (20 × 14 5/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Milton from the Bust - My Tenth Head

1817 · Black and white chalk, with stumping, on blue wove paper, laid down on card

51.8 × 37 cm (20 7/16 × 14 5/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Three Studies for Statue of John Locke

1749 · Pen and brown ink, with brush and brown wash, over red chalk and graphite, on cream laid paper

13.6 × 21.6 cm (5 3/8 × 8 9/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Mantelpiece from Chesterfield House, London

1745 · Marble

Overall: 75 × 118 in. (190.5 × 299.7 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Mantelpiece from Chesterfield House, London

1745 · Marble

Overall: 75 × 118 in. (190.5 × 299.7 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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John Barnard

1744 · Marble

Overall (confirmed): 17 × 12 1/8 × 9 1/8 in. (43.2 × 30.8 × 23.2 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

John Barnard

1744 · Marble

Overall (confirmed): 17 × 12 1/8 × 9 1/8 in. (43.2 × 30.8 × 23.2 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Bust of Carolina, Queen of England

1738 · modeling on terracotta (clay material)

depth: 20 cm, height: 66 cm, width: 20 cm, depth: 35 cm, width: 55 cm

Rijksmuseum

Mary II Stuart, Queen of England and Scotland

1735 · sculpting on marble (rock)

height: 84 cm

Rijksmuseum

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John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough (1650–1722)

1731 · Carrara marble

Overall (assembled, wt. confirmed): 36 5/8 in., 245 lb. (93 cm, 111.1 kg);

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Preliminary Design for Monument to John Gay the Poet

1731 · Pen and brown ink, with brush and brown wash, over graphite, on cream laid paper, tipped onto ivory laid paper

12.5 × 13.5 cm (4 15/16 × 5 3/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough (1650–1722)

1731 · Carrara marble

Overall (assembled, wt. confirmed): 36 5/8 in., 245 lb. (93 cm, 111.1 kg); Overall (bust only, wt. confirmed): 24 13/16 in., 155 lb. (63 cm, 70.3 kg); Overall (socle only, wt. confirmed): 90 lb. (40.8 kg)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Hope: Design for the Unexecuted Monument to the First Duke of Marlborough

1728 · Pen and brown ink, with brush and brown wash, over graphite, on ivory laid paper, tipped onto cream laid paper

9 × 5.4 cm (3 9/16 × 2 3/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Warrior upon Sarcophagus Accompanied by Trophies: Unexecuted Design for the Monument to the First Duke of Marlborough

1728 · Pen and brown ink, with brush and brown wash, over graphite, on ivory laid paper, tipped onto ivory laid paper

11.7 × 10.9 cm (4 5/8 × 4 5/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Wisdom: Unexecuted Design for the Monument to the First Duke of Marlborough

1728 · Pen and brown ink, with brush and brown wash, over graphite, on cream laid paper, tipped onto ivory laid paper

12.5 × 9.2 cm (4 15/16 × 3 5/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Fortitude: Unexecuted Design for the Monument to the First Duke of Marlborough

1728 · Pen and brown ink, with brush and brown wash, over graphite, on cream laid paper, tipped onto ivory laid paper

12.1 × 9.5 cm (4 13/16 × 3 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Unexecuted Designs for the Monument to the First Duke of Marlborough

1728 · Pen and brown ink, with brush and brown wash, over graphite, on tan laid paper

18.9 × 29.6 cm (7 1/2 × 11 11/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Unexecuted Design for the Monument to the First Duke of Marlborough

1728 · Pen and brown ink, with brush and brown wash, over graphite, on cream laid paper, tipped onto ivory wove paper

22.7 × 17.3 cm (8 15/16 × 6 13/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Unexecuted Design for the Monument to the First Duke of Marlborough

1728 · Pen and brown ink, with brush and brown wash, over graphite, on cream laid paper, tipped onto ivory laid paper

18.3 × 21.4 cm (7 1/4 × 8 7/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Unexecuted Design for the Monument to the First Duke of Marlborough

1728 · Pen and brown ink, with brush and gray and brown wash, over traces of graphite, on ivory laid paper, tipped onto cream wove paper

23.3 × 17 cm (9 3/16 × 6 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Unexecuted Design for the Monument to the First Duke of Marlborough

1728 · Pen and brown ink, with brush and brown wash, over graphite, on cream laid paper

17.7 × 23.6 cm (7 × 9 5/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Warrior Accompanied by Britannia, Minerva, and Fame (recto); Design for the Monument to Nicholas Rowe (verso)

1728 · Pen and brown ink, with brush and brown wash, over red chalk and graphite (recto); pen and brown ink over graphite (verso), on cream laid paper

20.4 × 22.6 cm (8 1/16 × 8 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Design for an Unexecuted Funerary Monument for the First Duke of Marlborough

1714 · Pen and brown ink, with brush and brown wash, over traces of graphite, on cream laid paper

37.9 × 24.6 cm (14 15/16 × 9 11/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Standing Female Figure with Right Arm Raised

1713 · Pen and brown ink, with brush and brown wash, over graphite, on ivory laid paper, tipped onto ivory laid paper

11.3 × 7.2 cm (4 1/2 × 2 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Artwork sources (3)

40 published of 40 catalogued · 35 with image

Art Institute Chicago
30 published29 img
The Met
8 published4 img
Rijksmuseum
2 published2 img

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 2)

2 entries · 1 sources

Bust of Carolina, Queen of England
1738 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Mary II Stuart, Queen of England and Scotland
1735 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

Record

Images

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Mary II Stuart, Queen of England and Scotland (c. 1735 - c. 1737)

Rijksmuseum

Unexecuted Designs for the Monument to the First Duke of Marlborough (c. 1733)

Art Institute of Chicago

Three Studies for Statue of John Locke (c. 1754)

Art Institute of Chicago

Design for an Unexecuted Funerary Monument for the First Duke of Marlborough (n.d.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Unexecuted Design for the Monument to the First Duke of Marlborough (c. 1733)

Art Institute of Chicago

Project for a Statue: Woman Holding Book with Right Hand (1700s)

Art Institute of Chicago

Warrior Accompanied by Britannia, Minerva, and Fame (recto); Design for the Monument to Nicholas Rowe (verso) (c. 1733 (recto); c. 1740 (verso))

Art Institute of Chicago

Preliminary Design for Monument to John Gay the Poet (c. 1736)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Relationships

Movements1

Baroque

Collections3

Rijksmuseum The Metropolitan Museum of Art Art Institute of Chicago

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

Rijksmuseum

In collection

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

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