A detailed study that sheds a fascinating new light on Sir John Soane (1753-1837) and his extraordinary collection.
Bruce Boucher is an art historian and curator who served as director of Sir John Soane’s Museum from 2016 to 2023. Specializing in Italian Renaissance, Baroque, and Neo-classical art and architecture, he is the author of a number of books, including
The Sculpture of Jacopo Sansovino, Andrea Palladio: the Architect in his Time and
Earth and Fire: Italian Terracotta Sculpture from Donatello to Canova.