Bust of Thomas Baker

Bust of Thomas Baker
Artist	Gian Lorenzo Bernini
Year	1638 (1638)
Catalogue	40
Type	Sculpture
Medium	Marble
Dimensions	82 cm (32 in)
Location	Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Coordinates	51°29′47″N 0°10′19″W / 51.496302°N 0.172078°W / 51.496302; -0.172078
Preceded by	Bust of King Charles I (Bernini)
Followed by	Medusa (Bernini)

The bust of Thomas Baker is a 1638 marble portrait sculpture created by the Italian artist Gian Lorenzo Bernini, with much of the bust undertaken by a pupil of Bernini, probably Andrea Bolgi.^[1] It is currently held in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, who purchased the bust in 1921 for 1480 English guineas.^[2][3][4]

Baker (1606–58) was High Sheriff of Suffolk in 1657 and connected to the court of Charles I. He may have been indirectly involved in another Bernini bust, carrying the triple portrait of Charles I by Van Dyck to Rome; it was from this portrait that Bernini carved the now-destroyed bust of King Charles.^[1][2]

• List of works by Gian Lorenzo Bernini

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