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Nollekens
/ ˈnɒləkɪnz /
noun
- NollekensJoseph17371823MBritishARTS AND CRAFTS: sculptor Joseph. 1737–1823, British neoclassical sculptor of portrait busts, tombs, and mythological subjects
Example Sentences
His Portrait of Nollekens, the sculptor, is in the National Gallery.
Calling upon him one evening, I found Mr. Marchant and Mr. Nollekens in his room: although I was well-known to these gentlemen, he formally took me up to them, and said, "This, Mr. Knowles, is Mr. Marchant, that, Mr. Nollekens, two of the cleverest artists in their way, I believe, in Europe, but in every thing else, two old daddies."
The two following letters, which are extracted from Mr. J. T. Smith's Life of Nollekens, tend to show the disposition of both parties towards each other.
Sculptors, like artists, have frequently found art a very hard school; and amongst others of whom this is true may be mentioned Peter Scheemakers, the master Nollekens studied under.
Nollekens was the sculptor, and Johnson wrote the inscription.
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