Bust of Madame Sappé
Sculptor:
Curtius, Philippe
(Uncertain)
Sculptor:
Tussaud, Marie Gresholtz
(Uncertain)
Sculptor:
Hardy, Bernhard Caspar
(Uncertain)
Bust of Madame Sappé. Wax, coloured flesh, red, grey and yellowish-grey. Bust of an old and wrinkled woman in profile to right with her hair swept up into a high chignon, wearing a low-necked dress edged with lace. Black background. In a rectangular gilt-wood frame with a glass top, set in a larger ebonized wood frame.
A pair with M.6-1996.
Bequeathed by Edward Joseph Pyke
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1996) by Pyke, Edward Joseph
18th Century, Late
Circa
1775
CE
-
1800
CE
For an attribution to Bernhard Caspar Hardy see documentation.
Possibly by Philippe Guillaume Mathé Curtius (1737-1794) or Marie Tussaud (née Grosholtz) (1761-1850), or Bernhard Caspar Hardy (Cologne 1726-1816)
Bust
composed of
wax
( coloured)
Frame
composed of
ebonized wood
Outer Frame
Depth 5 cm
Height 30 cm
Width 26.7 cm
Accession number: M.5-1996
Primary reference Number: 30460
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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