Joseph Chinard Josephine Bonaparte French c. 1808 |
Portraits in marble survive from the European past in even greater numbers than the portraits in terracotta that occupied our recent attention here. Like those, these marble artifacts share a good home in the present at the Victoria and Albert Museum.
Anne Seymour Damer Mrs. Freeman as Isis English c. 1789 |
John Deare Venus with Cupid & Putto English 1785-87 |
Joseph Nollekens Castor & Pollux English 1767 |
Antonio Canova Three Graces Italian 1714-17 |
François Dieussart Elizabeth of Bohemia, the Winter Queen French 1641 |
Giorgio Finelli Francesco Bracciolini Italian c. 1630-31 |
Benedetto Cervi Virgin & Child Italian 1520s |
Saint George & the Dragon Venetian c. 1500 |
Antonio Bregno Angel of the Annunciation Italian c. 1440-60 |
Antonio Bregno Virgin Annunciate Italian c. 1440-60 |