Profile Bust of Socrates?
SculptureBritish18th century

Profile Bust of Socrates?

18th century

Artists

WedgwoodArtist

Description

Bust of a man in classical drapery, bearded, bald on top, in profile right.

Classification
Sculpture
Technique
Jasperware
Medium
White jasperware head on blue ground
Culture
British
Century
18th century
Division
European and American Art
Department
Department of Paintings, Sculpture & Decorative Arts

Dimensions

1.7 cm. diam. x 1 cm depth (11/16 x 3/8 in.) (sight)

Provenance

[Frederick Rathbone, London], sold; [through Cooper and Griffith, New York] to Grenville Lindall Winthrop, New York, 1910, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943

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