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Sculpture

George Frederick Handel

Type
Sculpture(Opens in new tab)
Date
ca. 1739
Accession number
72.49
Maker
Louis François Roubiliac(Opens in new tab) (French, 1695–1762)
Dimensions
33 1/2 x 22 1/2 in. (85.1 x 57.2 cm.)
Medium
plaster
Description
This bust depicts the German-born English composer of the late Baroque era George Frederick Handel.
Credit
The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens
Department
European Art
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This painted plaster bust of the great German composer shows Handel (1685–1759) relaxed and dressed in casual attire: his soft cap jauntily leaning to one side and his house coat disheveled and partly unbuttoned, as he might have appeared to his friends at home in his study. Handel settled in London in 1712 where he composed such famous works as his Water Music and Messiah.

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