John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough (1650–1722)

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Artist: John Michael Rysbrack (Flemish, Antwerp 1694–1770 London)
Date: early to mid-1730s
Medium: Carrara marble
Dimensions: Overall (assembled, wt. confirmed): 36 5/8 in., 245 lb. (93 cm, 111.1 kg); Overall (bust only, wt. confirmed): 24 13/16 in., 155 lb. (63 cm, 70.3 kg); Overall (socle only, wt. confirmed): 90 lb. (40.8 kg)
Type: Sculpture
Classification: Sculpture
Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Credit line: Purchase, Director's Fund, Wrightsman Fund, in honor of Olga Raggio, and Mr. and Mrs. J. Tomilson Hill, Hester Diamond, and Mr. and Mrs. Richard L. Chilton Jr. Gifts, 2015
Accession no.: 2015.35

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Preliminary Design for Monument to John Gay the Poet
John Michael Rysbrack
c. 1736 · Drawing
Museum collection · via the Art Institute of ChicagoAT-00003867
Project for a Statue: Woman Holding Book with Right Hand
John Michael Rysbrack
1700s · Drawing
Museum collection · via the Art Institute of ChicagoAT-00003868
Unexecuted Design for the Monument to the First Duke of Marlborough
John Michael Rysbrack
c. 1733 · Drawing
Museum collection · via the Art Institute of ChicagoAT-00003876
Design for an Unexecuted Funerary Monument for the First Duke of Marlborough
John Michael Rysbrack
n.d. · Drawing
Museum collection · via the Art Institute of ChicagoAT-00003880

Data retrieved from the Metropolitan Museum of Art on October 9, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.