Vegetable Woman
Sculptor: Hardy, Bernhard Caspar
Vegetable Woman. Wax, coloured flesh pink, dark pink, pale mauve, pale blue, pale yellow, green and brown. The woman is shown three-quarter length, holding up in front of her the ends of her pinafore, in which is a cabbage, an onion (?) and originally other vegetables. Her head is turned to the viewer's left. She wears a straw hat, held on by a pink ribbon to which two roses are attached; a pale yellow bodice and pale mauve skirt, with a pale blue apron. The model rests on a D-shaped base covered in dark green ribbed silk and the background is buff ribbed silk. In gilt-metal rococo scrolled frame with three scroll feet, glass half dome, and hinged door at the back.
A pair with M.8-1996.
History note: Sotheby's, 31st July 1958, lot 135
Bequeathed by Edward Joseph Pyke
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1996) by Pyke, Edward Joseph
18th Century, Late
Circa
1775
CE
-
1800
CE
Figure
composed of
wax
( coloured)
Frame
composed of
gilt-metal
glass
Height 26.9 cm
Width 20.5 cm
Inscription present: giving date of Sotheby & Co., sale of Thursday, July 31, 1958 and following day
Inscription present: description of lot
Accession number: M.7-1996
Primary reference Number: 30470
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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