Henry Westmacott
Nicolò Paganini
May one see it?
Yes, receiving visitors
Victoria and Albert Museum
London, United Kingdom
RoomSculpture, Room 22, The Dorothy and Michael Hintze Galleries
On public display.
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- The museum
About the sculpture
This marble bust representing Nicolò Paganini - the violin virtuoso (1782-1840) - is made by the sculptor Henry Westmacott, in 1832, in Edinburgh.
Paganini's only visit to England and Scotland took place in the years 1831-2 and this bust probably commemorates this occasion.
Henry Westmacott (1784-1961) was the son of Richard Westmacott the Elder (1747-1808). The Westmacott was a prominent family of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century English sculptors. Henry is particularly known for the prodigious quantity of chimneypieces he produced.
Victoria and Albert Museum
Particulars
- Accession number
- A.12-1955
What it shows
In the catalog
Sources
- Victoria and Albert Museum
- Image: Victoria and Albert Museum — © Victoria and Albert Museum, London
