Christopher Hewetson
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Christopher Hewetson was a neoclassical sculptor of portrait busts. Born in Ireland, he was active in Rome
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, County Kilkenny
, Ireland
. He studied in Dublin under John van Nost the younger.
In 1765 he arrived in Rome with the American painter Henry Benbridge
. He remained in Rome for the remainder of his life with the exception of two brief visits to Naples
in 1766 and 1797.
With the assistance of Thomas Jenkins
, Hewetson received commissions from numerous British and Irishmen visiting Rome on the Grand Tour
. He also sculpted busts of a number of local churchmen. Antonio Canova was at Rome during part of Hewetson's stay.
Hewetson never married. He died at Rome, where he was buried in the Protestant Cemetery
.
Rome
Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...
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Biography
Hewetson was born in ThomastownThomastown
-Landmarks:Kilfane Glen is a restored historic 1790s garden of romantic era with waterfall, woodland walks and cottage orne. The garden is listed as an Irish Heritage garden and was awarded assistance in 1993 by the European Union Cultural Commission...
, County Kilkenny
County Kilkenny
County Kilkenny is a county in Ireland. It is part of the South-East Region and is also located in the province of Leinster. It is named after the city of Kilkenny. The territory of the county was the core part of the ancient Irish Kingdom of Osraige which in turn was the core of the Diocese of...
, Ireland
Ireland
Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...
. He studied in Dublin under John van Nost the younger.
In 1765 he arrived in Rome with the American painter Henry Benbridge
Henry Benbridge
]]Henry Benbridge born October 1743 died February 1812), early American portrait painter, was born in Philadelphia, the only child of James and Mary Benbridge. When he was seven years old, his mother, who had been left a widow, was married to Thomas Gordon, a wealthy Scot. The boy's artistic...
. He remained in Rome for the remainder of his life with the exception of two brief visits to Naples
Naples
Naples is a city in Southern Italy, situated on the country's west coast by the Gulf of Naples. Lying between two notable volcanic regions, Mount Vesuvius and the Phlegraean Fields, it is the capital of the region of Campania and of the province of Naples...
in 1766 and 1797.
With the assistance of Thomas Jenkins
Thomas Jenkins (antiquary)
Thomas Jenkins was a British antiquary and minor painter who went to Rome accompanying the English landscape painter Richard Wilson about 1750 and remained behind, establishing himself in the city by serving as cicerone and sometime banker to the visiting British, becoming a dealer in Roman...
, Hewetson received commissions from numerous British and Irishmen visiting Rome on the Grand Tour
Grand Tour
The Grand Tour was the traditional trip of Europe undertaken by mainly upper-class European young men of means. The custom flourished from about 1660 until the advent of large-scale rail transit in the 1840s, and was associated with a standard itinerary. It served as an educational rite of passage...
. He also sculpted busts of a number of local churchmen. Antonio Canova was at Rome during part of Hewetson's stay.
Hewetson never married. He died at Rome, where he was buried in the Protestant Cemetery
Protestant Cemetery, Rome
The Protestant Cemetery , now officially called the Cimitero acattolico and often referred to as the Cimitero degli Inglesi is a cemetery in Rome, located near Porta San Paolo alongside the Pyramid of Cestius, a small-scale Egyptian-style pyramid built in 30 BC as a tomb and later incorporated...
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Works
- Charles TowneleyCharles TowneleyCharles Townley was an English country gentleman, antiquary and collector of the Townley Marbles ....
(marble bust, 1769), Department of Medieval & Modern Europe, British Museum, - Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 4th BaronetSir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 4th BaronetSir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 4th Baronet was a Welsh politician and patron of the arts.Sir Watkin was the eldest son of the second marriage of his father, Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 3rd Baronet, to Frances Shackerley of Cheshire...
(bust, 1769), National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin - Pope Clement XIVPope Clement XIVPope Clement XIV , born Giovanni Vincenzo Antonio Ganganelli, was Pope from 1769 to 1774. At the time of his election, he was the only Franciscan friar in the College of Cardinals.-Early life:...
(marble busts, two in 1772, one in 1776), several almost identical copies which at various times have been in Ammerdown (Somerset); Gorhambury (Herts); Beningbrough Hall (Yorks); Penrice and Margam castles, near Swansea; the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, and the Center of British Art of Yale University (New Haven, USA) - Thomas Mansel Talbot (marble bust, 1773), Victoria and Albert Museum, London
- Thomas Mansel Talbot (chalk bust), Museo Civico, Bassano del Grappa, Italy.
- Aloysius GonzagaAloysius Gonzaga- Early life :Aloysius Gonzaga was born at his family's castle in Castiglione delle Stiviere, between Brescia and Mantova in northern Italy in what was then part of the Papal States. He was a member of the illustrious House of Gonzaga...
(marble bust, 1776), Museo di Roma in Palazzo Braschi, Rome - Maria Maddalena Morelli :it:Maria Maddalena Morelli (bust, 1776), Museo di Roma in Palazzo Braschi, Rome
- Frederick Hervey, 4th Earl of BristolFrederick Hervey, 4th Earl of BristolFrederick Augustus Hervey, 4th Earl of Bristol, PC , known as The Earl-Bishop, was Bishop of Cloyne from 1767 to 1768 and Bishop of Derry from 1768 to 1803.- Life :...
(marble bust, c. 1778), National Portrait Gallery, London - Sir Thomas Gascoigne, 8th BaronetSir Thomas Gascoigne, 8th BaronetSir Thomas Gascoigne, 8th Baronet was the son of Sir Edward Gascoigne, 7th Baronet and a member of the Gascoigne family....
of Parlington (bronze bust, c. 1778), Victoria and Albert Museum, London - Martha Swinburne (marble medallion in funerary monument, 1779), Chiesa di San Tommaso, Rome
- Unknown Gentleman-Robert Adams (c. 1780), Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
- José Nicolás de AzaraJosé Nicolás de AzaraDon José Nicolás de Azara was a Spanish diplomat.He was born at Barbunales, Aragon, and was appointed in 1765 Spanish agent and procurator-general, and in 1785 ambassador at Rome...
(bronze bust, c. 1780), Institut de France, Paris - José Nicolás de Azara (marble bust, 1781), Protomoteca Capitolina, Rome
- Anton Raphael MengsAnton Raphael MengsAnton Raphael Mengs was a German painter, active in Rome, Madrid and Saxony, who became one of the precursors to Neoclassical painting.- Biography :Mengs was born in 1728 at Ústí nad Labem in Bohemia...
(marble bust, 1781), Protomoteca Capitolina, Rome - Gavin HamiltonGavin Hamilton (artist)Gavin Hamilton was a Scottish neoclassical history painterwho is more widely remembered for his hunts for antiquities in the neighborhood of Rome...
(bust, 1784), University Art Collection, Glasgow - Thomas Brereton-Westfaling, 1740 - 1814 (c. 1785), The Louvre, Paris
- Richard Baldwin (marble monument, 1784), Examination Hall, Trinity College, Dublin
- Cardinal Giovanni Battista Rezzonico (marble monument, 1787), Chiesa di San Nicola in Carcere, Rome
- Gottfried LeibnizGottfried LeibnizGottfried Wilhelm Leibniz was a German philosopher and mathematician. He wrote in different languages, primarily in Latin , French and German ....
(bust, 1787 - 1790), Reception hall of the Technologie Centrum, Hannover - Anton Raphael Mengs (bronze bust cast by Francesco Righetti, 1792), Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts
- Giovanni PichlerGiovanni PichlerGiovanni Pichler was a German-Italian artist in engraved gems.He was the son of Anton Pichler and brother and teacher of Luigi Pichler, he was educated by his father in classical methods, and apprenticed to Domenico Corvi He cut, after 15 years, a Hercules in Combat with the Nemean Lions, a...
(marble bust, 1797), Museo Capitolino, Rome - Thomas Westfaling (bust), St Mary, Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire, U.K.
- Mr and Mrs Henry SwinburneHenry SwinburneHenry Swinburne was an English travel writer.-Life:He was born at Bristol on 8 July 1743, into a Catholic family, and was educated at Scorton school, near Catterick, Yorkshire. He was then sent to the monastic seminary of Lacelle in France. He afterwards studied at Paris, Bordeaux, and in the...
(bust), Gascoigne bequest at Lotherton Hall, Leeds - AlcyoneAlcyoneIn Greek mythology, Alcyone was the daughter of Aeolus, either by Enarete or Aegiale. She married Ceyx, son of Eosphorus, the Morning Star....
and CeyxCeyxCeyx may be:*In Greek mythology:**Ceyx, son of Eosphorus, husband to Alcyone. After whom is named:***Ceyx , son of Lucifer and the goddess Diana***Ceyx , a genus of kingfisher...
(relief), Gascoigne bequest at Lotherton Hall, Leeds