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It is likely to have been produced to commemorate the King shortly after his death.\nRysbrack produced two busts of George II in 1738, one in terracotta and another in marble, which are both in the Royal Collection at Windsor.\n\nRysbrack (1694-1770) was born in Antwerp, and trained in the Netherlands, but spent his working life in Britain. He was one of the most important sculptors active in this country in the first half of the 18th century, and specialised in portrait busts and funerary monuments. Although he never visited Italy, many of his works are clearly indebted to classical archetypes. His terracotta models are particularly fine, and are often virtually finished pieces in their own right. ","physicalDescription":"Bust, marble. The head crowned with a laurel wreath is turned slightly to the right; the king wears fantastic armour with field marshal's scarf, the star of the garter and, on a ribbon round his neck, the jewel of the garter. 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