George Frederick Handel

Maker Louis François Roubiliac (French, 1695 - 1762)

ClassificationsSCULPTURE

Dateca. 1739

Mediumplaster

Dimensions33 1/2 x 22 1/2 in. (85.1 x 57.2 cm.)

DescriptionThis bust depicts the German-born English composer of the late Baroque era George Frederick Handel.

Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens

Status

On view

Label TextThis painted plaster bust of the great German composer shows Handel (1685–1759) relaxed and dressed in casual attire: his soft cap jauntily leaning to one side and his house coat disheveled and partly unbuttoned, as he might have appeared to his friends at home in his study. Handel settled in London in 1712 where he composed such famous works as his Water Music and Messiah.

Object number72.49

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