Queen Victoria Marble Bust 1843 The Victoria & Albert Museum |
This marble bust of Queen Victoria shows her in the simple, feminine attire she favored. Her royal status is indicated by the royal coat of arms on the front of the plinth.
The bust is the work of Johann Jacob Flatters (1786-1845), a German sculptor known to Victoria’s husband, Prince Albert, who trained at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts (School of Fine Arts) in Paris, under the French artists Jean-Antoine Houdon (1741-1828) and Jacques-Louis David (1748-1825). It is believed that Albert commissioned the bust of his beloved young wife.
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