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ID: 700008438
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700008438
Record Type: Movable Work
Diogenes (terracotta (sculptural works); Victor Alexander Sederbach (Austrian sculptor, active 1755-1...; 1755)
Note: One of 27 terracotta sculptures created by Victor Alexander Sederbach for the entrance hall of Lacock Abbey.
Titles:
Diogenes (preferred,C,U,English-P,U,U)
Catalog Level: item
Work Types:
terracotta (sculptural works) [300047296] (preferred)
..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>, sculpture (visual works), <sculpture by material>)

Classifications:
sculptures (preferred)

Creation Date: 1755

Creator Display:
Victor Alexander Sederbach (Austrian sculptor, active 1755-1756 in England) [preferred,VP]
sculptor Sederbach, Victor Alexander (Austrian sculptor, active 1755-1756 in England) [500356798]
repository Term Not Found [500205356]
Locations:
Other: Creation: Lacock [4006027] Wiltshire (county), England (country), United Kingdom (nation), Europe (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)
Repository Numbers: 996395
Display Materials: terracotta
terracotta (clay material) [300010669]
.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, clay, <clay by product>)

Dimensions: 970 x 230 x 420 mm
Cultures:
British (preferred)

General Subject:
human figures (preferred,description)
history and legend (description)

Specific Subjects:
Diogenes (Ancient Greek philosopher, died ca. 323 BCE) [500354445]
.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)
lantern (lighting device) [300037647]
.....(Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Furnishings (hierarchy name), furnishings (works), <furnishings by form or function>, lighting devices, <lighting devices by form>) (AAT)

Provenance: listed in 1827 inventory in the Great Hall, also recorded in FT photographs
Related Works:
former architectural context was .... Lacock Abbey [700002881]
..........country house; unknown architect, established by Ela de Longespée of Sal...; 13th century, additions 1540-1...; Wiltshire (England, United Kingdom, Europe, World, Top of th...;
depicted in .... [Diogenes without Sun, 17' Exposure] [700005983] 1840
..........salted paper print; William Henry Fox Talbot (British, 1800 - 1877) (British Pho...; October 6, 1840; J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center (Los Angeles, Los A...; 84.XZ.574.47

List/Hierarchical Position:
..... Movable Works
.......... Movable Works by class: carvings and sculptures
Sources and Contributors:
Diogenes........ [VP]
........ National Trust Collections (2013-) accessed 21 January 2015
Subject: ....... [VP]
....................... National Trust Collections (2013-) accessed 21 January 2015
Note:
English ..... [VP]
..... National Trust Collections (2013-) accessed 21 January 2015
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