Name/Title
Figurine - John MiltonEntry/Object ID
VC.64.104Description
Figurine of John Milton: Full-length figure with long greyish hair (and Miltonian nose), standing in hip-shot position with left foot slightly advanced, holding fold of purple-lined mantle in right hand across gold-trimmed white garb, and resting left arm lightly on stack of three books atop pedestal; books, with cream, orangy-red and yellow bindings, beneath which hangs pendant scroll, are on half-round pedestal; scroll reads: "Into the Heac'n/Of Heavens/I have presumed/An earthly guest/And drawn Empyreal air."; (the quotation is from Paradise Lost); pedestal, touched at top and bottom with gold, is decorated in relief by the Expulsion, with, left to right angel, Adam Eve, tree; base-rococo shell-like swirling forms decorated with sea-green and gold touches.Artwork Details
Medium
Porcelain (hard-paste)Subject Person or Organization
John MiltonMade/Created
Artist Information
Artist
UnknownAttribution
MakerDate made
circa 1760Inscription/Signature/Marks
Type
InscriptionTranscription
See description.Dimensions
Dimension Description
OverallHeight
12-1/2 inWidth
7-1/2 inDepth
5-1/4 inDimension Notes
Display Dimensions: 12 1/2 x 7 1/2 x 5 1/4 in. (31.8 x 19.1 x 13.3 cm)Relationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
John MiltonNotes
SubjectPerson or Organization
Cornelia Van Cortlandt BeekmanNotes
Former ownerGeneral Notes
Note Type
General NoteNote
According to PAMPH 974.727726 PF 1959 S: "Acquired by trade with the Historical Society of the Tarrytowns."Note Type
StorageNoteNote
Home Location: Historic Hudson Valley, Van Cortlandt Manor, Dining Room
