"It was a great mystery: who he is, who made it."
Curator Wolfram Koeppe on a sculpture of Alexander Danilovich Menshikov by an unknown artist.
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How the details of this bust revealed its subject—a forgotten world leader
"It’s a great mystery: who he is, who made it."
Wolfram Koeppe
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Wolfram Koeppe
Marina Kellen French Senior Curator, Department of European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Marina Kellen French Senior Curator, Department of European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
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Unknown
probably shortly before 1704