Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.25
Gallery Label:
Louis François Roubiliac was born in Lyons, France, and after training in the Paris Académie he moved to London in 1731. He first made a living subcontracting for other sculptors but soon established a reputation for portrait busts. His clientele was mostly of the middling sort: professionals, writers, artists, and designers, including artists associated with the St. Martin’s Lane Academy. This dynamic and finely modeled terracotta bust represents the painter Francis Hayman, captured informally, wearing an open shirt and a cap. Gallery label for installation of YCBA collection, 2016
