Bust of Thomas Baker
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Bust of Thomas Baker (Bernini)
The Bust of Thomas Baker is a 1638 marble portrait sculpture created by the Italian artist Gianlorenzo Bernini, with much of the bust undertaken by a pupil of Bernini, probably Andrea Bolgi.[1] It is currently held in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London. [2]
Baker (1606-58) was High Sheriff of Suffolk and connected to the court of Charles I. He may have been indirectly involved in another Bernini bust, carrying the triple portrait of Charles I by Van Dyck to Rome; it was from this portrait that Bernini carved the now-destroyed bust of King Charles. [1][2]
References
- ^ a b Rudolf Wittkower, Bernini, the Sculptor of the Roman Baroque, 1997 (4th ed.), p.259
- ^ a b "Image and description of "Portrait of Thomas Baker"". Victoria and Albert Museum. http://www.vam.ac.uk/images/image/21224-popup.html. Retrieved 28 August 2011.
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