Bust

Description

Terracotta bust of a young man with tousled hair and sideburns, wearing an open-necked shirt, tentatively identified as Jerome Bonaparte: French, by Joseph-Charles Marin, probably sculpted in Rome in 1805

Museum reference

A.1988.165

Collection

Decorative and Applied Art

Object name

Bust

Production information

Marin, Joseph-Charles, 1759 - 1834
Rome, Lazio, Italy, Southern Europe

Date

c. 1805

Materials

Terracotta

Physical description

Terracotta

Associations

Depicted: Bonaparte, Jerome, 1784 - 1860

Exhibitions

• Art of Living (08 Jul 2016)
  National Museum of Scotland

• European Styles (29 Jul 2011 - 03 Aug 2014)
  National Museum of Scotland

On display

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