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dc.identifier	ECF_article_6175
dc.title	Rossi’s Saint Anthony, from Beckford’s Oratories to Sir Francis Cook’s ‘Sanctuary’ in Monserrate Palace, Portugal
dc.contributor.author	Neto Maria João Baptista
dc.publisher	Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Digital Publishing, Fondazione Università Ca’ Foscari
dc.type	Research Article
dc.language.iso	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://edizionicafoscari.it/en/edizioni4/riviste/mdccc-1800/2021/1/rossis-saint-anthony-from-beckfords-oratories-to-s/
dc.description.abstract	William Beckford’s statue of Saint Anthony, sculpted by John Rossi, included one of the most valued pieces of his art collection. As this paper argues, this statue was modeled after a sixteenth century sculpture of the Church of Saint Anthony located in Lisbon. The statue played a major role at Fonthill Abbey, where it was displayed in a sumptuous sanctuary. The same occurred in Lansdown Tower, enthroned in a new oratory. After Beckford’s death, the art collector Francis Cook purchased the statue for his Monserrate estate in Sintra, where Beckford lived between 1794 and 1795. The Lansdown sanctuary was then recreated in Monserrateas an intriguing homage to Beckford.
dc.relation.ispartof	MDCCC 1800
dc.relation.ispartof	Vol. 10 \| July 2021
dc.issued	2021-07-26
dc.dateAccepted	2021-04-19
dc.dateSubmitted	2021-02-18
dc.identifier.issn
dc.identifier.eissn	2280-8841
dc.rights	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.identifier.doi	10.30687/MDCCC/2280-8841/2021/10/008
dc.peer-review	yes
dc.subject	Fonthill Abbey
dc.subject	Fonthill Abbey
dc.subject	Francis Cook
dc.subject	Francis Cook
dc.subject	John Charles Rossi
dc.subject	John Charles Rossi
dc.subject	Lansdown Tower
dc.subject	Lansdown Tower
dc.subject	Monserrate
dc.subject	Monserrate
dc.subject	Saint Anthony
dc.subject	Saint Anthony
dc.subject	William Beckford
dc.subject	William Beckford

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Rossi’s Saint Anthony, from Beckford’s Oratories to Sir Francis Cook’s ‘Sanctuary’ in Monserrate Palace, Portugal

Maria João Baptista Neto Universidade de Lisboa

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abstract

William Beckford’s statue of Saint Anthony, sculpted by John Rossi, included one of the most valued pieces of his art collection. As this paper argues, this statue was modeled after a sixteenth century sculpture of the Church of Saint Anthony located in Lisbon. The statue played a major role at Fonthill Abbey, where it was displayed in a sumptuous sanctuary. The same occurred in Lansdown Tower, enthroned in a new oratory. After Beckford’s death, the art collector Francis Cook purchased the statue for his Monserrate estate in Sintra, where Beckford lived between 1794 and 1795. The Lansdown sanctuary was then recreated in Monserrateas an intriguing homage to Beckford.

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July 26, 2021

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April 19, 2021

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Feb. 18, 2021

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Keywords: Monserrate • John Charles Rossi • William Beckford • Saint Anthony • Fonthill Abbey • Lansdown Tower • Francis Cook

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