| Bust of Thomas Baker | |
|---|---|
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| Artist | Gian Lorenzo Bernini |
| Year | 1638 |
| Catalogue | 40 |
| Type | Sculpture |
| Medium | Marble |
| Dimensions | 82 cm (32 in) |
| Location | Victoria and Albert Museum, London |
| 51°29′47″N 0°10′19″W / 51.496302°N 0.172078°W | |
| Preceded by | Bust of King Charles I (Bernini) |
| Followed by | Medusa (Bernini) |
The bust of Thomas Baker is a 1638 marble portrait sculpture created by the Italian artist Gian Lorenzo Bernini, with much of the bust undertaken by a pupil of Bernini, probably Andrea Bolgi.[1] It is currently held in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, who purchased the bust in 1921 for 1480 English guineas.[2][3][4]
- ^ Rudolf Wittkower, Bernini, the Sculptor of the Roman Baroque, 1997 (4th ed.), p.259
- ^ "Image and description of "Portrait of Thomas Baker"". Victoria and Albert Museum. Retrieved 28 August 2011.
- ^ Berkeley Daily Gazette, August 1921
- ^ The Glasgow Herald, 2 August 1921 – This article also suggests that the bust once belonged to the English seventeenth-century painted Peter Lely, who sold it for GB £150