After John Michael Rysbrack (Flemish 1694-1770). A patinated plaster portrait bust of Michelangelo, titled 'MICHELANGELO BUONARRUOTI', on an integral socle, 70.3cm high, 51cm wide.
Rysbrack was one of the leading sculptors of the 18th century and produced many portrait busts of artist and architects including Rubens, Inigo Jones and Palladio. These were very much in demand from British collectors, patrons and connoisseurs who decorated their libraries with them.
There is a similar plaster cast on display in the Central Hall of the Royal Academy in London.