Georg Frederick Handel

Roubiliac, Louis François (born ca. 1695-1702, died 1762)


Item type:
sculpture
Date of creation:
1738
Height:
135.3 cm  (53 1/4 in.)
Technique / Medium:
marble

    Item location

  • Victoria and Albert Museum
    [Museum inv. no.: A.3&A-1965]

Description

Handel is depicted plucking a lyre. A cherub at his feet appears to be writing, perhaps notating the music he is hearing.

People as subjects

Händel, Georg Friedrich (1685-1759)

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Lyre [3501]

RIdIM images


Image URLs

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image link 2
Wikimedia Commons image

Bibliographic references

McGeary, Thomas. "Handel as Orpheus: The Vauxhall statue re-examined", Early music 43/2 (2015) 291-308, illus. 2.

RIdIM record id

4614