Male Portrait Bust, unknown maker from France or Italy

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Male Portrait Bust
Male Portrait Bust
Male Portrait Bust
1700s
Male Portrait Bust , 1700s
Where object was made: France or Italy
Material/technique: marble
Dimensions:
Object Height/Width/Depth (Height x Width x Depth): 87.3 x 63.1 x 39.4 cm
Object Height/Width/Depth (Height x Width x Depth): 34 3/8 x 24 13/16 x 15 1/2 in
Credit line: Museum purchase
Accession number: 1950.0066
Not on display
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Archive Label date unknown: The attribution of this portrait bust has been debated for many years; it has been variously regarded as French or Italian. The most recent suggestion links this sculpture to Edme Bouchardon, a French artist that worked in Rome. Although the subject remains anoynymous, the coiffure and dramatic drapery resemble Bouchardon's early rococo busts dating from the 1730s or 1740s.