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Bust of George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
Sculptor:
uncertain
(Probably)
Founder:
uncertain
Bronze, cast, and chased
History note: Richard Coats, London
Given by the Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum
Height: 29.5 cm
Width: 27.8 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (1977) by The Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum
18th Century, Mid
George II
Circa
1730
CE
-
1760
CE
The bust resembles a terracotta bust with a plaster socle in the National Portrait Gallery (no. 878), possibly after Louis-François Roubiliac (1702-62), and perhaps related to an edition of 30 casts advertised in 1758 by Fenwick Bull, a print and mapseller of Ludgate Hill, London. However, it is possible that these might have resembled a plaster bust showing the sitter without a cap in a private collection.
Plinth
Depth 14.5 cm
Height 10.5 cm
Width 14.5 cm
Bust
Depth 17 cm
Height 28.5 cm
Width 24.5 cm
Casting (process) : Bronze, cast and chased
Accession number: M.1-1977
Primary reference Number: 13397
External ID: CAM_CCF_M_1_1977
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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