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John Cheere

Clatham 1709 – 1787 London

Flora, Allegory of Spring. 1763

Lead, cast, sandstone plinth, cuboid sandstone base with plinth and fundament. 169,5 cm (with plinth), 64 cm (base) (66 ¾ in. (with plinth), 25 ¼ in. (base)).
This picture shows the following artwork: John Cheere. Flora, Allegory of Spring. 1763.

Estimate:

EUR 45,000

 

- 60,000

USD 58,300

 

- 77,700

Sold for:

79,300 EUR (incl. premium)

Auctions 207-213

ORANGERIE. Selected Objects, Thursday, 30.05.2013

Information

Lead, cast, sandstone plinth, cuboid sandstone base with plinth and fundament. 169,5 cm (with plinth), 64 cm (base) (66 ¾ in. (with plinth), 25 ¼ in. (base)).

Related literature: Margret Whinney: Sculpture in Britain. 1530 to 1830, London 1988, p.241f..

1763 ordered by George William, 6th Earl of Coventry (1722-1809) for 53 pounds 1 shilling and 1 pence, together with a Ceres, for Croome Court (cf. letter of the archivist Mr John A. Partridge, the account books of Croome Court, March 1964; in Gregor Norman-Wilcox: Two figures from Croome Court, in: Bulletin of the Los Angeles Country Museum of Art, vol. XVII (1965), no. 3, p.14 - 32, p. 26)

The Man at Hyde Park Corner. Sculpture by John Cheere 1709-1787, published by Temple Newsam Leeds, exhibition catalogue, Leeds 1979, cat. no. 28, not paginated / Auction catalogue, The T. Crowther & Son Collection of Architectural Furnishings, Christie's, London, 12-14 October 1992, lot 1436