Vista quadrata dell'enigmatico volto dorato con una ghirlanda di foglie che sormonta un elaborato pannello in ferro battuto dorato, che simboleggia l'Irlanda, nello schermo di Tijou a Hampton Court, lo storico palazzo reale nel borgo londinese di Richmond-upon-Thames, Inghilterra, Regno Unito. Lo schermo, realizzato nel 1690, divide il giardino privato del palazzo dal Tamigi e fu commissionato dai monarchi inglesi Guglielmo III e Maria II al maestro fabbro ugonotto francese Jean Tijou.
2832 x 2832 px | 24 x 24 cm | 9,4 x 9,4 inches | 300dpi
Data acquisizione:
30 settembre 2010
Ubicazione:
Hampton Court, East Molesey, Surrey, England, UK
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Hampton Court Palace, in the London Borough of Richmond-upon-Thames, England, UK: square detail of a garlanded face, a mask in hammered ironwork, staring from the top of an elaborate gilded panel in the Tijou Screen, a late-17th century wrought iron divide between the River Thames and the re-created Privy Garden at Hampton Court Palace, former home of English royalty. The 12 gilded panels, separated by railings, symbolise different parts of the British Isles - in this case, Ireland - or the Crown itself. The screen is named after French Huguenot master blacksmith Jean Tijou (c.1650 - c.1712). He made it in 1690 for his new royal patrons, joint English monarchs William III and Mary II, and in 1701, it was installed, first in the Fountain Garden and later at the southern or river end of the Privy Garden. Tijou came to England in about 1689. Away from Hampton Court, he made screens and grilles for London's St Paul's Cathedral and also worked at Kensington Palace and at country houses such as Easton Neston, Burghley and Marlborough. At Chatsworth, he made a grand staircase balustrade and the Golden Gates. His designs and technique of overlaying iron structures with lavish Baroque sheet metal greatly influenced English metalworking. His 'A new Booke of Drawings, Invented and Desined by John Tijou', published in 1693, was the first English book on ironwork. The Tijou Screen at Hampton Court has been stripped, repaired, repainted and re-gilded many times, although modern research has revealed that the ironwork was originally painted grey, with no gold traces among samples of the original layers. Since Tijou's day, his screens have also been painted dark green or black. D1113.B3288.A
