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Bust of Dom Luis da Cunha
Also titled Borstbeeld van Dom Luis da Cunha
Jan Baptist Xavery (Antwerp, 1697–1742)
1737
- Medium
- marble (rock)
- Classification
- bust
- Dimensions
- height 80 cm x width 66 cm x depth 31 cm
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Rights
- Public Domain Mark, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Teens profiles and older: its subject is for older viewers (war, death, the Passion, drink or the like). How works are placed
About this work
Da Cunha was the Portuguese ambassador in The Hague from 1728 to 1736. He then left for Paris, where he had previously served as well. This bust was completed only after Da Cunha’s departure from The Hague. As an expert on contemporary French art, Da Cunha was probably the most influential of Prince William IV’s artistic advisors.
