Virgil (70-19 BC)
Sculptor: Rysbrack, John Michael
Bust. Terracotta. The sitter's head is turned to the front, facing and looking a quarter to the right. He has long hair falling to his shoulders, with a laurel wreath tied at the back by ribbons. He is clean-shaven. The sitter wears classical drapery gathered by a clasp on his left shoulder.
Founder's Bequest
Height: 25 5/8 in
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1816) by Fitzwilliam, Richard, 7th Viscount
18th Century, second quarter#
George II
Production date:
AD 1738
: dated 1738
greyish-white
Paint
Terracotta
Accession number: M.4-1816
Primary reference Number: 29729
External ID: CAM_CCF_M_4_1816
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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