Oliver Cromwell
Maker
Michael Rysbrack
(Flemish, baptized 1684, died 1770)
ClassificationsSCULPTURE
Dateca. 1755
Mediummarble
Dimensionsheight: 23 1/2 in. (59.7 cm.)
DescriptionThis bust portrays the English stateman, politician, and soldier Oliver Cromwell.
Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens
Label TextThe sculptor has captured the distinctive heavy brow, strong jaw, and broad nose of Oliver Cromwell (1599–1658), famous English political and military leader. Rysbrack shows his commanding subject with stern gaze, shoulders squared, and jaw set. His armor, including a frightful head of Medusa in the center, marks him as a powerful military ruler and links him to the bust of John Hampden on display nearby that served as its pendant.Status
On viewObject number80.19
Edward Burne-Jones
ca. 1927
Object number: 2000.5.51
