Sculpture #5 - Bust

 Chapter 5 - The Bust: sculpture and the portrait

Sir Christopher Wren
- Edward Pierce (c.1630-1695, English)
- marble (66 cm) 1673
- Ashmolean Museum (University of Oxford)

Sir Christopher Wren (1632–1723) was an English scientist, “as well as one of the most highly acclaimed English architects in history. He was accorded responsibility for rebuilding 52 churches in the City of London after the Great Fire in 1666, including ... St Paul's Cathedral”.

The Great Fire of London (1666)

Giovanni di Antonio, Chellini da San Miniato
- Antonio Rossellino (1427-1479, Italian)
- marble (51 cm) 1456
- Victoria & Albert Museum (London)

Marie Jean Antoine Nicolas de Caritat,
Marquis de Condorcet (1743-94)
- Jean-Antoine Houdon (1741-1828, French)
- marble (78 x 51 cm) 1785
- Louvre (Paris)

Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790)
- Jean Antoine Houdon (1741–1828, French)
- marble (45 cm, w/o base) 1778
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art (NYC)

Portrait of a Lady,
aka La Schiavona
- Titian (c.1490–1576, Venetian)
- oil on canvas (119 × 97 cm) c.1511
- National Gallery (London)

A portrait of an unknown woman from Dalmatia.

Aristotle with a Bust of Homer,
aka Aristotle Contemplating a Bust of Homer
- Rembrandt (1606–1669, Dutch)
- oil on canvas (144 × 137 cm) 1653
－ Metropolitan Museum of Art (NYC)

Aristotle wearing a gold chain and contemplating a sculpted bust of Homer.

Source: Wikipedia

Reference: Learning to Look at Sculpture (Mary Acton)

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