# Bust of Duke de Sully [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [COLLOT, Marie-Anne]() - Date: 1751-1800 - Technique: Marble, height 47 cm ## Commentary Bust of Duke de Sully after 1768 Marble, height 47 cm The Hermitage, St. Petersburg Maximilien de Béthune, duke de Sully, also called Marquis De Rosny \(1560-1641\) was a French statesman who, as the trusted minister of King Henry IV, substantially contributed to the rehabilitation of France after the Wars of Religion \(1562–98\). His bust is one of Collot's historical busts which was commissioned by Catherine II for her museum at the Hermitage, and based on models derived by Lemoyne from portraits by Frans Pourbus II. ## Related artworks - [Bust of Falconet]() - [Bust of Mary Cathcart]() - [Bust of Peter the Great]() - [Bust of Pierre-Étienne Falconet]() - [Bust of Étienne-Maurice Falconet]() - [Head of Peter the Great]() - [Portrait of Catherine II]() - [Portrait of Catherine II]() - [Portrait of Catherine II]() - [Portrait of the Sculptor Falconet]() - [Voltaire]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()