Anne of Bohemia
8 of 22 portraits by Elkington & Co
© National Portrait Gallery, London
Anne of Bohemia
by Elkington & Co, cast by Domenico Brucciani, after Nicholas Broker, and Godfrey Prest
electrotype, 1873, based on a work of circa 1395-1397
29 in. (737 mm) high
Purchased, 1871
Primary Collection
NPG 331
Artistsback to top
- Nicholas Broker (circa 1350-1426), Sculptor. Artist or producer associated with 2 portraits.
- Domenico Brucciani (1815-1880), Sculptor. Artist or producer associated with 23 portraits.
- Elkington & Co, Sculptors. Artist or producer associated with 22 portraits.
- Godfrey Prest (active 1377-1395), Sculptor. Artist or producer associated with 2 portraits.
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This electrotype is a copy from the upper part of the gilt bronze effigy of the queen on the double tomb with her husband Richard II at Westminster Abbey, commissioned by Richard in 1395. It is one of a series of electrotype reproductions of tomb effigies made for the National Portrait Gallery by Elkington & Co in the 1870s. An electrotype sculpture of this type is made by electro-deposition of copper onto a mould or cast of an object. The electrotype could then be patinated like bronze.
Linked publicationsback to top
- Saywell, David; Simon, Jacob, Complete Illustrated Catalogue, 2004, p. 14
- Strong, Roy, Tudor and Jacobean Portraits, 1969, p. 4
- Williamson, David, Kings and Queens, 2010, p. 59
- Williamson, David, The National Portrait Gallery: History of the Kings and Queens of England, 1998, p. 63
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