Bust of Martha Baker Swinburne

Provenance

M. and C. Sestieri, Rome, by 1962 [according to annotation on incoming shipping receipt, copy in curatorial file as Geog Raphael Donner]; sold to the Art Institute, 1963.

Inscriptions

Inscribed: Luigi Valadier (foundry mark)

Quick Overview

Artist: Christopher Hewetson (Irish, c. 1739–1798)
Date: c. 1778
Medium: Bronze
Dimensions: H.: 49.5 cm (19 1/2 in.); With base: 62.2 × 33 cm (24 1/2 × 13 in.)
Type: Sculpture
Classification: bust/head
Style: 18th Century
Place: Ireland
Department: Painting and Sculpture of Europe
Credit line: Wirt D. Walker Endowment
Accession no.: 1963.259

Data retrieved from the Art Institute of Chicago on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.