Person    | Male  Born 27/6/1693  Died 18/1/1770

Michael Rysbrack

Categories: Sculpture

Countries: Belgium

Also known as John Michael or Johannes Michel or Jan Michiel Rysbrach or Rijsbrack. Born Antwerp (which probably explains the confusion).
Sculptor of busts and funerary monuments of many prominent people, including Isaac Newton, Robert Walpole and the Duke of Marlborough. Died at home in Vere Street, Marylebone in relative poverty due to his generosity to relations and to his passion for collecting prints and drawings.

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk

This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Michael Rysbrack

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Chelsea Physic Garden

Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea The Chelsea Physic Garden was establ...

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Old Church Garden - burials

The right-most of 3 plaques on the back wall of the garden.

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This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Michael Rysbrack

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George II statue at Greenwich

This statue is made of a single piece of marble weighing 11 tons. As was the ...

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Sir Hans Sloane - British Library

This bust is a 20th-century replica after Michael Rysbrack, 18th century.

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Other Subjects

Phidias

Phidias

Worked on the Parthenon. 5th century BC.

Person, Architecture, Sculpture, Greece

1 memorial
Hedley Hope-Nicholson

Hedley Hope-Nicholson

Barrister, literary critic and Charles I obsessive. He hyphenated his Nicholson with his wife's Hope. Andrew Behan researched this eccentric character, bur first a preamble from Andrew: "I couldn'...

Person, Sculpture

2 memorials
Alan Micklethwaite

Alan Micklethwaite

Sculptor.  We're guessing the image is a self portrait, since it graces the home page of his website but we could be wrong.  Either way, we love the work.

Person, Sculpture

1 memorial
Giuseppe Grandi

Giuseppe Grandi

Sculptor from Milan.

Person, Sculpture, Italy

1 memorial
John W. Mills

John W. Mills

Sculptor.  Born London. Has also designed a number of British coins.

Person, Sculpture

2 memorials