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He stands in a contrapposto (slightly twisted) pose wearing Roman armour under a draped cloak, with close-cropped hair in the antique style. Rysbrack's models are often, as here, highly finished, and this terracotta closely resembles the lifesize marble for which it was a study.\n\nRysbrack (1694-1770) was born in Antwerp, and trained in the Netherlands, but spent his working life in Britain. He was one of the most important sculptors active in this country in the first half of the 18th century, and specialised in portrait busts and funerary monuments. Although he never visited Italy, many of his works are clearly indebted to classical archetypes. His terracotta models are particularly fine, and are often virtually finished pieces in their own right. ","physicalDescription":"This is the sketch model for the marble figure of Thomas Wentworth, 3rd Earl Strafford, at Wentworth Castle. He stands in a contrapposto pose wearing Roman armour under a draped cloak brooched on his left shoulder, with close-cropped hair in the antique style. He stands with his weight on his left leg, the right leg being forward and slightly bent at the knee. 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Hildburgh's enthusiasm in regularly offering as a gift the first object of the year to be accessioned by the Department of Architecture and Sculpture is commented upon by Leigh Ashton in his letter of thanks to Dr Hildburgh for the gift of the present piece.","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Statuette, sketch model, terracotta, Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl Strafford, by John Rysbrack, England, ca. 1740","bibliographicReferences":[{"reference":{"text":"Bilbey, Diane and Trusted, Marjorie, British Sculpture 1470-2000: A Concise Catalogue of the Collection at the Victoria and Albert Museum. London: V&A Publications, 2002","id":"AUTH401363"},"details":"pp. 136, 7, cat.no. 188","free":""},{"reference":{"text":"Whinney, Margaret, Sculpture in Britain 1530-1830. 2nd ed. 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