Study of an Urn; Study for the Frieze Decoration around the Urn. Artist: Edward Pierce (Pearce) II (British, London ca. 1635-ca. 1695 London). Dimensions: sheet: 14 x 9 7/16 in. (35.5 x 24 cm)sheet: 3 5/16 x 13 3/8 in. (8.4 x 33.9 cm)overall mount: 20 3/8 x 14 1/8 in. (51.8 x 35.8 cm). Date: ca. 1690.The son of a decorative painter, Edward Pierce the younger pursued a career as sculptor and architect, modeling busts of Oliver Cromwell (1672) and Sir Christopher Wren (1673), then working on city churches designed by the latter following the Great Fire of London. Pierce himself designed the Bishop's Palace at Lichfield (1686-7) and was known as a skilled decorative carver. He likely made this drawing for an ornate decorative urn in the 1690s while employed at Hampton Court. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

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Study of an Urn; Study for the Frieze Decoration around the Urn. Artist: Edward Pierce (Pearce) II (British, London ca. 1635-ca. 1695 London). Dimensions: sheet: 14 x 9 7/16 in. (35.5 x 24 cm)sheet: 3 5/16 x 13 3/8 in. (8.4 x 33.9 cm)overall mount: 20 3/8 x 14 1/8 in. (51.8 x 35.8 cm). Date: ca. 1690.The son of a decorative painter, Edward Pierce the younger pursued a career as sculptor and architect, modeling busts of Oliver Cromwell (1672) and Sir Christopher Wren (1673), then working on city churches designed by the latter following the Great Fire of London. Pierce himself designed the Bishop's Palace at Lichfield (1686-7) and was known as a skilled decorative carver. He likely made this drawing for an ornate decorative urn in the 1690s while employed at Hampton Court. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

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