Art historian Felipe Pereda and Objects & Sculpture Conservator Tony Sigel propose a solution to the much-disputed and unknown authorship and identities of a pair of magnificent 16th century Renaissance terracotta busts in the Harvard Art Museums: "Portrait bust of a man" and "Portrait bust of a woman." Prof. Pereda argues that these are among the most delicate terracotta portraits of the whole Renaissance period and are crucial in reframing the legacy of Pietro Torrigiano, the sculptor known best as "the man who broke Michelangelo's nose." This talk will take participants through the archival, art historical and technical evidence identifying the sitters, propose Pietro Torrigiano to be the sculptor who created them, and the modeling techniques he used to create the busts, from the inside out. TAKE A CLOSER LOOK: + Unidentified Artist, "Portrait Bust of a Man," c. 1510 - 1550. Terracotta. Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of David Rockefeller in memory of his mother Abby Aldrich Rockefeller, 1981.188. https://hvrd.art/o/227922. + Unidentified Artist, "Portrait Bust of a Woman," c. 1510 - 1550. Terracotta. Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of David Rockefeller in memory of his mother Abby Aldrich Rockefeller, 1981.189. https://hvrd.art/o/227929. --- SPEAKERS: + Tony Sigel, Senior Conservator of Objects and Sculpture, Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, Harvard Art Museums; + Felipe Pereda, Fernando Zóbel de Ayala Professor of Spanish Art, Department of History of Art and Architecture, Harvard University. --- 'Art & Ideas' is an annual meeting hosted by the Harvard Art Museums' Division of Institutional Advancement in which the museums’ collections and their innovative role in teaching are explored, both at the university and far beyond, with the museums' advocates, donors, and leaders. Online program details for Arts & Ideas 2020 are available at http://hvrd.art/artideas. Watch more sessions from Arts & Ideas 2020: https://harvardartmuseums.org/tour/art-ideas/stop/2300. --- Recorded October 16, 2020. © President and Fellows of Harvard College. Video: Division of Institutional Advancement. For questions related to permission for commercial use of this video, please contact the Department of Digital Imaging and Visual Resources at am_divr@harvard.edu.