Anne, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange
Artist
Jan Baptist Xavery
(Flemish, 1697 - 1742)
Depicted
Anne Princess Royal and Princess of Orange
(British, 1709 - 1759)
Date1736
CultureFlemish
MediumTerracotta
ClassificationSculpture
Credit LineMuseum purchase, 1962
Object numberSN5020
In 1734, the English princess Anne married the Dutch William IV, Prince of Orange-Nassau, and moved to the royal court of the Netherlands at The Hague. This portrait, made shortly after her marriage, is made from terracotta, a fired red clay. Modeling in clay is to sculptors what drawing on paper is to painters. This bust is a preparatory study for a marble bust (now Mauritshuis, The Hague). The model may have been presented to the sitter for approval before the work in less forgiving, more costly marble begun.
On View
On viewLocation
- Museum of Art, Gallery 15, Wall East
Collections
late 16th–early 17th Century
16th Century
