. Anglais : Portrait de l'archiviste anglais William Stukeley (1687-1765). Portrait dans l'école anglaise de la première moitié du xviiie siècle. Ce qui suit est la traduction de l'auction catalogue description de l'oeuvre - l'identification avec William Stukeley semble reposer uniquement sur le fait qu'il est tenant une branche de feuilles de chêne : école d'anglais du xviiie siècle Portrait de William Stukeley dans light blue velvet coat, le cou, le gésier et vitpudrad perruque berçant dans sa main gauche un rameau de chêne - midjebild signature monogramme probablement l'usure. Huile sur toile, 84 x 66 cm. Probablement peint autour de 1739-4

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• Dimensions: 1972 x 2535 px | 16,7 x 21,5 cm | 6,6 x 8,5 inches | 300dpi

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. English: Portrait of the english archivist William Stukeley (1687-1765). Portrait in the english school from the first half of the 18th century. The following is the translation of the auction catalogue description of the painting - the identification with William Stukeley seems to rest only on the fact that he is holding a sprig of oak leaves : English school 1700s Portrait of William Stukeley in light blue velvet coat, neck, gizzard and vitpudrad wig cradling in his left hand an oak twig - midjebild Wear probably monogram signature. Oil on canvas, 84 x 66 cm. Probably painted around 1739-40 English School, 18th Century. Oil on canvas. The portrait represents probably the English archivist William Stukeley (1687-1765), who made groundbreaking archaeological excavations at Stonehenge and Avebury. He was also Medicine Dr, priest, ancient scholars and writers. Stukeley in 1718 became a member of the Royal Society. During his work as a physician, he developed a religious interest in the ancient mysteries, which resulted in the membership of a speculative frimurarorder 1720. 1717 had a Druid Order arisen in England, and in 1722 took Wiliam Stukeley post of supreme leader. He took the name Chyndonax and became known to his friends as 'The archdruid'. In the 1730s, he had concluded that Stonehenge was the work of the ancient druids something expressed by John Aubrey in the 1720s. In his book from 1740 Stukeley arguing that it was the Druids who built Stonehenge. The Celtic druids (from dru meaning oak) used oak leaves in sacrificial ceremonies and ate acorns before they predicted the future. William Stuckeley is depicted with a wreath of oak leaves on three occasions. First time on a drawing from 1725, the second time in 1740 on the cover of the book about Stonehenge and the third time in 1741 on a portrait medal in the Brittish Museum's collections. William Stukeley is depicted on the medal at the age of 54 with a wreath of oak leaves on one side and Stonehenge on the

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