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'Stalking Fox' a Limited Edition Sterling Silver Sculpture by Hancocks

2020

Lucy Kinsella exclusive to Hancocks Length 17cm x height 9cm 395 grams The limited edition finely modelled terrier races across the ground, his muscles tense and body bunched, mid s...

18cm high x 13cm long 1069 grams A 'Seated Hare' sterling silver sculpture by Lucy Kinsella, the limited edition finely modelled hare sits upright and alert, his front legs straight, muscles tensed, poised to run at any moment. His long ears are held aloft and his eyes are watchful. He has been sculpted in Kinsella’s instantly recognisable style, her dynamic, impressionistic treatment of surface texture here helping to convey the animal’s textured...

Lucy Kinsella exclusive to Hancocks Length 14cm x height 10cm 520 grams The limited edition finely modelled pig sitting down with his curly tail poking out behind him, nose up in the air and mouth open, as if we’ve caught him mid oink! He has been sculpted in Kinsella’s instantly recognisable dynamic style and demonstrates her skill at conveying personality in the animals she creates. He would make a delightfully light...

Lucy Kinsella exclusive to Hancocks Height 16.5cm x length 15cm 659 grams The limited edition finely modelled otter weaves sinuously through the waving fronds of a water plant in hi...

A 'Running Hare' sterling silver sculpture by Lucy Kinsella, the limited edition finely modelled hare depicted at full stretch bounding across the ground, his hind legs lengthening b...

Lucy Kinsella exclusive to Hancocks Length 17cm x height 9cm 395 grams A 'Bunched Terrier' sterling silver sculpture by Lucy Kinsella, the limited edition finely modelled terrier ra...

This amusing naturalistic sculpture in silver-plated pewter was probably made in the 17th century by Georg Schweigger. Inspired by a model created by another Nuremberg sculptor, Peter Flötner, it bears witness to the persistence during the baroque era of the naturalistic taste that emerged in the Renaissance. Intended as an ornament for some Kunstkammer, or cabinet of curiosities, this sculpture was a great success, as can be seen from the presence of similar works in many European museums. 1. Georg Schweigger Georg Schweigger was a baroque sculptor and medal founder from Nuremberg, known mainly for his small-scale works in stone, carved wood and cast metal. His only large-scale work, the Neptune Fountain, has been in the Petershof Palace, the summer residence of the Tsars near St. Petersburg, since 1797. This monumental sculpture demonstrates his taste for the representation of movement, which we find in this small piece, inspired, as we shall see, by earlier models. 2. The success of a naturalistic theme As is often the case in the history of art, the source of the Dog scratching his ear theme probably comes from an engraving, and more precisely from one made in Strasbourg in 1480 or in Aschaffenburg in 1481 by the Master of the Housebook, an anonymous engraver working in southern Germany at the end of the 15th century. This engraving seems to have been Peter Flötner’s (1490 - 1546) source of inspiration. Peter Flötner was a sculptor and engraver who settled in Nuremberg in 1522. The Louvre Museum also has a gilded lead statuette dated between 1500 and 1515 (on deposit at the Musée de L'Œuvre in Strasbourg), which in turn is thought to have served as a model for other known statuettes. This model was later taken up by the Frenchman Barthélemy Prieur...

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The Nautilus shell is an excellent example of mathematics inherent within lifeforms of the natural world. As Davies consistently uses the 'golden ratio' (1:1.618) to proportion his work, he thought it important to exemplify this in his subject matter. The Fibonacci sequence (where each number is the sum of the two preceding numbers) and the logarithmic spiral are also inherent here. The bronze shell is mounted on a black granite base in a way that creates an optical illusion suggesting it is levitating above the base. This bronze Nautilus...

Paranthropus Robustus. An early man (hominid), one of the Australopiths from the subepochs of the early to middle Pleistocene period 2.6 - 1.5 million years ago. Some distinctive fea...

About the artist : Siri Hollander’s entire process started from an innate desire to work in large format but being self-taught she had to create her own system through trial and erro...

#garden #sculpture #contempraryart #decoration #outdoors #bronze #nature #acorn This large bronze sculpture is a contemporary art piece which can also serve as art for the garden or outdoors. María José de...