Samuel Bernard (1651–1739)
The banker Samuel Bernard was made a member of the Order of Saint-Michel in 1702. This bust was probably carved on the occasion of his second marriage in 1720.
Credit: Purchase, Josephine Bay Paul and C. Michael Paul Foundation Inc. Gift and Charles Ulrick and Josephine Bay Foundation Inc. Gift, 1966
c. 1727
Marble
8.0 x 27.0in
66.210a-c
Image and text © Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2019
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