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Bearded man in armour (early 17th century)
marble
72.6 × 51.0 × 27.2 cm
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1947
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About this work
Determined to project its status to the world, the Tudor court lured many leading artists from Italy, Flanders, Germany and France, and commissioned paintings and sculptures from others for manufacture abroad. Florentine sculptors were especially esteemed for their skill in tomb and other carved portraiture, and they brought the lavish Italianate style to Protestant England. This bust of an unknown, possibly English, nobleman reflects the international court culture to which he belonged. His roman-style armour is adorned with delicate grotteschi, the fabulous and often asymmetrical natural forms that were rediscovered in Nero’s Golden House in the sixteenth century.
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
England
Accession Number
569B-D4
Department
International Sculpture
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Digitisation Champion Dame Carol Colburn-Grigor CBE through Metal Manufactures Limited