1592960808000 1312637261000 Standard Record object-30461 1747160088113 1711357591000 1747159409017 adlib fitz-online adlib-object-30461 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/30461 649506a3-a405-373d-984d-3adf8264f4dd 6 person reference agent-153715 adlib-agent-153715 8b8facef-bbf3-3362-accf-80549de1f9da man reference term-98228 adlib-term-98228 3d747999-296f-3944-9a84-2936c3ae9f5c sculpture coloured reference term-31364 adlib-term-31364 0ae1aab3-446d-3aea-9a7c-b614e85bc4c2 wax Bust reference term-108245 adlib-term-108245 660d049a-6eef-38ab-a8b3-15e0b593e2b8 ebonized wood Frame Depth cm 5 Height cm 30.3 Width cm 26.9 Outer Frame reference term-98112 adlib-term-98112 32d115a4-d3ac-33b0-b126-2a3da0fdf139 portrait Applied Arts Bust of an unidentified old man. Wax coloured flesh, red, olive-green and grey. Bust of a wrinkled old man in profile to left, wearing an open-necked garment. Black background. In rectangular gilt-wood frame with glass front set in a wider ebonized wood frame. A pair with M.5-1996. M.6-1996 1 accession number M.6-1996 30461 priref 30461 uri https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/30461 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/30461 printed in black 'MESSRS. CHRISTIE, MANSON & WOODS/AT THEIR GREAT ROOMS/8 KING STREET, ST. JAME'S SQUARE/ON FRIDAY, APRIL 8, 1904/AT ONE O'CLOCK PRECISELY' with below another '14 A pair of wax reliefs, with heads of an old man and woman framed;...' label reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum Bequeathed by Edward Joseph Pyke reference agent-156636 adlib-agent-156636 dcd4e9ad-c357-3ba9-acb9-78766d40c799 Pyke, Edward Joseph 1996 1996 1996 bequeathed Edward Joseph Pyke was born in London, 22nd April 1898, son of Leslie Pyke and Mildred (née Lucas) of 10 Westbourne Terrace, Hyde Park, London. Matriculated Magdalene College 1919; BA 1922; MA 1925. He died on 3rd January 1996. Further details in Bequest file. 1775 1775 CE 1775 circa 1775 1800 1 1800 CE 1800 1800 uncertain sculptor reference agent-32732 adlib-agent-32732 6eb2dba9-5a25-39d9-bb90-9a9b921640f0 Curtius, Philippe uncertain sculptor reference agent-137012 adlib-agent-137012 c3abf021-b796-3abd-8e0a-ab79c4bccb71 Tussaud, Marie Gresholtz uncertain sculptor reference agent-156647 adlib-agent-156647 f195fb9b-cfb6-30d0-99d7-08f8c2617f5a Hardy, Bernhard Caspar Possibly by Philippe Guillaume Mathé Curtius (1737-1794), Marie Tussaud (née Grosholtz) (1761-1850), or Bernhard Caspar Hardy (Cologne 1726-1816) reference term-106779 adlib-term-106779 f0706fcd-d94c-3987-bcb5-f7f794332b6a 18th Century, Late reference term-106328 adlib-term-106328 690a261d-5ce6-3d9d-a534-61dece87a27c literal France France country Cologne reference term-23035 adlib-term-23035 f9693b6b-2e4a-3666-acf8-973403f65fce bust 1 reference object-30460 adlib-object-30460 1c0e7e82-671a-3463-b3e6-f42e9c7bb683

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bust reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum Publ. p. 35 and pl. 65. For Curtius, see pp. 34-5 and for Tussaud, see p. 151 pp. 34-5 reference publication-2433 adlib-publication-2433 3da6b7c3-a5fc-3d2b-bccc-34cca56fbfca Biographical Dictionary of Wax Modellers Cf. New York, Newhouse Galleries, 19 East 66th Street, Trinity Fine Art Ltd in conjunction with Michael Tollemach Limited, An Exhibition of Medieval Renaissance and Islamic Works of Art, 9th November - 22nd November 1995, p. 76, no. 32, a pair of portrait busts of Madame Sappé and an Old Man in coloured wax on a dark green glass ground, with wooden supports below the busts, and glazed gilt wood frames. H. overall 18.5 cm. W. 15.2 cm. The cataloguer mentions an old attribution, apparently dating from the early 20th century, to Bückle, which he thinks should not be ignored. p. 76 reference publication-2439 adlib-publication-2439 05e633fe-2afc-3d97-8ee9-03fffbb40182 An Exhibition of Medieval Renaissance and Islamic Works of Art Cf. Another sold with a bust of Madame Sappé, attributed to Bernhard Caspar Hardy (1726-1819), p. 46, lot 159. Estimate for the pair £1,000-1,500. p. 46 reference publication-2438 adlib-publication-2438 d3aa87c9-42c3-3545-a6b1-cfebd7c56f1c Important European Sculpture and Works of Art, 2nd July 1996

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