Online Encyclopedia

Search over 40,000 articles from the original, classic Encyclopedia Britannica, 11th Edition.

STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)

Online Encyclopedia
Originally appearing in Volume V25, Page 958 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
Spread the word: del.icio.us del.icio.us it!

See also:

STONE, See also:NICHOLAS (1586-1647) , See also:English sculptor and architect, was the son of a quarryman of See also:Woodbury, near See also:Exeter, and as a boy was apprenticed to See also:Isaac See also:James, a See also:London See also:mason. About 1603 he went to See also:Holland and worked under the sculptor Hendrik de Keyser (1567–1621) and his son Pieter, and married his See also:master's daughter. Stone is said to have made the See also:portico to the Westerkerk at See also:Amsterdam. Returning to London about 1613 with See also:Bernard See also:Janssens (ft. 1610–1630), a See also:fellow See also:pupil,' he settled in See also:Southwark and obtained a large practice; in 1619 he was appointed master-mason to James I., and in 1626 to See also:Charles I.; and he died in London on the 24th of See also:August 1647. Stone, whose See also:work is associated with Inigo See also:Jones's introduction of See also:Renaissance See also:architecture into See also:England, ranks as the See also:great sculptor of his See also:time and the rejuvenator of the See also:art in England. He is best known by his monuments, notably those to See also:Sir See also:Francis See also:Vere, the See also:earl of See also:Middlesex, and Francis See also:Holles in See also:Westminster See also:Abbey; Sir See also:Dudley See also:Digges at Chilham See also:church, See also:Kent; See also:Henry See also:Howard, earl of See also:Northampton, in See also:Dover See also:Castle (removed to See also:Greenwich); Sir See also:Thomas See also:Sutton, at the See also:Charterhouse (with Janssens); Sir See also:Robert See also:Drury at Hawstead church, See also:Suffolk; Sir See also:William Stonhouse at Radley church, See also:Berkshire; Sir Thomas See also:Bodley at Merton See also:College, See also:Oxford; Sir William See also:Pope, in Wroxton church, near See also:Banbury; Sir Nicholas See also:Bacon, in See also:Redgrave church, Suffolk (with Janssens); Dr See also:John See also:Donne (winding-See also:sheet), at St See also:Paul's See also:Cathedral; and Sir See also:Julius See also:Caesar, in St See also:Helen's, Bishopsgate. He had three sons: John (d. 1667), a sculptor; Henry (d. 16J3) —commonly known as " Old Stone "—a painter, whose copies of See also:Van Dyck were famous, and whose portraits of Charles I. and others are in the See also:National Portrait See also:Gallery; and Nicholas (d. 1647), a sculptor, who worked under See also:Bernini at See also:Rome and See also:left a See also:sketch-See also:book, which, with a See also:note-book of his See also:father's (giving a See also:list of his See also:works between 1614 and 1641), is in the See also:Soane Museum. See an See also:article by A.

E. See also:

Bullock in the Architectural See also:Review, 1907, and the same author's illustrated monograph Some Sculptural Works of Nicholas Stone (Batsford, London, 1908).

End of Article: STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)

Additional information and Comments

There are no comments yet for this article.
» Add information or comments to this article.
Please link directly to this article:
Highlight the code below, right click, and select "copy." Then paste it into your website, email, or other HTML.
Site content, images, and layout Copyright © 2006 - Net Industries, worldwide.
Do not copy, download, transfer, or otherwise replicate the site content in whole or in part.

Links to articles and home page are always encouraged.

[back]
STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
[next]
STONEHAM