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Bust of Carolina, Queen of England
John Michael Rysbrack, 1738
In 1737, Carolina of Brandenburg-Ansbach, Queen of England, commissioned a series of portrait busts of the queens of England. However, she passed away before the commission was completed. Her daughter, Anna of Hanover, placed this bust in one of her private chambers at the Stadtholder’s Court as a memento of her mother.
- Artwork typesculpture
- Object numberBK-NM-5760
- Dimensionswidth 20 cm x depth 20 cm (base), height 66 cm x width 55 cm x depth 35 cm
- Physical characteristicsterracotta