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The sculpture is a bust of a man looking upward and to the right, depicted from his chest up. The man has a strong brow, a round nose, a soft jawline, and small lips in a neutral expression. His forehead is wide, with long hair emerging from the sides of his head and curling around his ears. He is depicted wearing a buttoned shirt or vest with a low vee neckline, a ruffled collar, and a coat over the shirt. His arms are cut off just below the shoulder. The sculpture is made from a smooth white material with subtle gray variations in tone. The bust sits on a tiered pedestal with a square…

Giuseppe Balsamo, Comte di Cagliostro

Jean-Antoine Houdon (French, 1741 - 1828)

1786 · marble

National Gallery of Art · Samuel H. Kress Collection

Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0)

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