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Nymph and Cupid
GIBSON, John (1790-1866)
Gibson records that he 'spent most of the winter of 1859 modeling a group representing what I saw in the street a few years ago, when I made a sketch of the action - a girl of about fourteen throwing up a child and kissing it. This clay model occupied me for three months. The spontaneous expression of affection witnessed by Gibson has been transformed into a group with an elegant restraint appropriate to a Nymph and Cupid of the classical world. This piece was carved for William Robertson Sandbach of Hafodunnos Hall near Abergele. Another version was bought by the Prince of Wales, later Edward VII, who visited Gibson's Roman studio in 1859 and 1862.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 5979
Creation/Production
GIBSON, John
Date: 1861-1863
Acquisition
Purchase - ass. of NACF/NHLF, 14/8/1997
Purchased with support from The Heritage Lottery Fund and The National Art Collections Fund
Measurements
Height
(cm): 152.2
Height
(in): 60
Techniques
marble
Techniques (sculpture)
Fine Art - sculpture
Material
white marble
Location
In store
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