拍品 233
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A white marble bust of John Milton
A white marble bust of John Milton

AFTER A MODEL ATTRIBUTED TO MICHAEL RYSBRACK, LATE 18TH OR EARLY 19TH CENTURY

細節
A white marble bust of John Milton
After a model attributed to Michael Rysbrack, Late 18th or Early 19th century
On a spreading circular socle
28 in. (71 cm.) high

拍品專文

See note of lot 232

John Milton (d.1674), an English Puritan poet, became Secretary of State for Foreign Tongues to Cromwell's government and produced propaganda defending Charles I's execution. His three major poems are Paradise Lost (1667), Paradise Regained (1671) and Samson Agonistes.