Haydn, Joseph. (1732–1809) Early Portrait SculptureProfile portrait bust of the composer relief carved in wood and identified below as "J. Haydn." Acquired from a Dorset, UK estate and probably of English origin. By an anonymous artist, late 18th century or early 19th century and possibly based on the 1794 profile portraits by George Dance (Somfai, "Haydn: His Life in Pictures," p. 214). 13. 5 cm in diameter. Haydn visited London for two lengthy periods during 1791 92 and 1794 95 and it is possible