Roubiliac

/ rubijak /

noun

1. RoubiliacLouis-François?16951762MFrenchARTS AND CRAFTS: sculptor Louis-François (lwifrɑ̃swa). ?1695–1762, French sculptor: lived chiefly in England: his sculptures include the statue of Handel in Vauxhall Gardens (1737)

Example Sentences

This particular mask was owned by the 18th century French sculptor Louis-François Roubiliac, who carved a marble bust of Newton, now located at Trinity College Cambridge.

From The Guardian

The Choir, the Transept, and the Nave, also contain a large amount of sculpture—many specimens in wretched taste, by the side of some of the first works of Flaxman, Chantrey, Roubiliac, Nollekins, Bacon, Westmacott, Gibson, Behnes, and others. 

From Project Gutenberg

The great sculptors Roubiliac and Rysbrach not only constantly preferred it, but brought it into general use among the artists.

From Project Gutenberg

An Inquiry into the History, Authenticity, and Characteristics of the Shakspere Portraits; the death mask   Martin Droeshout's engraving, the Chandos picture, the Janssen, and others of that period; together with the Stratford monument, Roubiliac's, and the one in Westminster Abbey.

From Project Gutenberg

When you turn from Roubiliac's statue of James your eyes rest upon the retired house of Disraeli.

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