Cast in a royal mould

So vast is the array of sculpture in the Royal Collection that it took Jonathan Marsden, former director of the Royal Collection and Surveyor of the Queen's Works of Art from 2010-17, a quarter of a century to catalogue it all.

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His magnum opus, European Sculpture in the Collection of His Majesty The King, is now complete and its four richly illustrated volumes describe about 1,800 pieces dating from the 15th to the late 20th century, many of which have new attributions and identifications. In the introductory survey, Sir Jonathan reflects on the relationship between British monarchs and sculpture: 'The layout of ro