Bust of Milton
Medium
Brush and brown wash, with graphite, on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
32 × 19.2 cm (12 5/8 × 7 9/16 in.)
Classification
brush and wash
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
82852
About the Artist
John Michael Rysbrack · 1694–1770
John Michael Rysbrack (1694–1770) was the foremost sculptor working in Britain during the first half of the eighteenth century, a Flemish-born master whose elegant synthesis of Baroque energy and classical restraint dominated English sculptural patronage for decades. Born in Antwerp into a family with artistic connections, he trained in the traditions of Flemish sculpture before arriving in London...