Henry Philip Hope, John Flaxman, 1755-1826, Sculpture, Herm, Sculpture, Bust, Portrait Bust, This bust represents the wealthy English art collector Thomas Hope’s brother, Henry Philip Hope (1774-1839). It stood on the mantelpiece in Thomas Hope’s dining room in London between two antique horses’ heads. In Greek, 'Philip' means one who is fond of horses. Like his brother, Henry Philip Hope was a connoisseur and collector of art, mainly antiquities. For his bust of Henry Philip Hope, the artist John Flaxman chose the form of a herma, with the head carved frontally, that is to say a distinctly archaic portrait form. This was a form also occasionally chosen by Thorvaldsen, for instance in his Self-Portrait Bust (1810). Carved, Height 54.2 cm, FLAXMAN. R.A. SCULPTOR, H.P.H., Sculpture, European
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Henry Philip Hope, John Flaxman, 1755-1826, Sculpture, Herm, Sculpture, Bust, Portrait Bust, bust represents, wealthy English art collector Thomas Hope’s brother, Henry Philip Hope, 1774-1839, stood, mantelpiece, Thomas Hope’s dining room, London, two antique horses’ heads, Greek, Philip' means, fond, horses, brother, Henry Philip Hope, connoisseur, collector, art, mainly antiquities, bust, Henry Philip Hope, artist John Flaxman chose, form, herma, head carved frontally, say, distinctly archaic portrait form, form, occasionally chosen, Thorvaldsen, instance, Self-Portrait Bust, 1810, Carved, Height 54, 2 cm, FLAXMAN, R, A, SCULPTOR, H, P, H, Sculpture, European
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