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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

Status

On view

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.

Object number80.19

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