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This free-standing, white marble bust shows the head, shoulders, and upper chest of a young boy.
The Portrait Bust

A Little Boy

Desiderio da Settignano
artist Desiderio da Settignano (Florentine, c. 1429–1464)
date 1455/1460
medium Marble
origin Italy
dimensions 26.3 × 24.7 × 15 cm
credit line Andrew W. Mellon Collection
hall 07 The Portrait Bust
rights public domain (CC0)
National Gallery of Art, Washington Full image

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This free-standing, white marble sculpture shows the head, shoulders, and upper chest of a balding, bearded man. Gian Lorenzo BerniniMonsignor Francesco Barberini The head and shoulders of a cleanshaven man are carved from white marble lightly streaked in gray in this freestanding sculpture. Mino da FiesoleAstorgio Manfredi The head and shoulders of a young boy with short, curly hair is carved from cream-white marble in this free-standing sculpture. Antonio RossellinoThe Young Saint John the Baptist The sculpture depicts a man's bust with short hair, dressed in a draped garment featuring a shell-shaped decoration on his right shoulder. Alessandro VittoriaA Gentleman of the Zorzi Family The sculpture is a bust of a bearded man with curly hair, draped in a garment knotted at the front. Alessandro AlgardiSaint Matthew The sculpture is a bust of a man with voluminous curls cascading around his head and shoulders. Antoine CoysevoxLouis of France, The Grand Dauphin Jules-David Cromot, Baron du Bourg Jean-Baptiste LemoyneJules-David Cromot, Baron du Bourg The head, shoulders, and upper chest of a man wearing a curly wig are carved from white marble in this freestanding portrait sculpture. Jean-Antoine HoudonVoltaire

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