La harpe dorée d'Irlande : détail de l'écran Tijou en fer forgé à Hampton court, l'ancien palais royal dans le quartier londonien de Richmond-upon-Thames, Angleterre, Royaume-Uni. Les 12 panneaux de métal ornés bordant la Tamise ont été créés en 1690 par le maître forgeron huguenot français Jean Tijou (c.1650 - c.1712) pour les nouveaux monarques communs Guillaume III et Mai II
2832 x 4256 px | 24 x 36 cm | 9,4 x 14,2 inches | 300dpi
Date de la prise de vue:
30 septembre 2010
Lieu:
Hampton Court, East Molesey, Surrey, England, UK
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Hampton Court Palace, in the London Borough of Richmond-upon-Thames, England, UK: this gilded harp is among the intricate details of metalwork representing Ireland in the Tijou Screen, 12 panels of ornate wrought iron at Hampton Court, the former royal palace by the River Thames. They were designed in 1690 by French Huguenot master blacksmith Jean Tijou for England's new joint monarchs, William III and Mary II, and were installed in the Fountain Garden in 1701, before being moved to the southern or river end of the re-created Privy Garden. Beyond the screen in this view from the riverbank is the stately Baroque palace designed in 1689 by architect Sir Christopher Wren (1632-1723) to house state rooms and private apartments for the new king and queen. Wren's design hugely extended the original Tudor palace built in the early 1500s. Jean Tijou (c.1650 - c.1712) arrived in England in about 1689, winning the patronage of William and Mary. Away from Hampton Court, he made screens and grilles for London's St Paul's Cathedral and also worked at Kensington Palace and at grand country houses such as Easton Neston, Burghley and Marlborough. At Chatsworth, his legacy includes a grand staircase balustrade and the Golden Gates. Tijou's 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. No trace of gold was found among samples of the original layers and since Tijou's day, his screens have sometimes been painted dark green or black. D1113.B3285
