A black patinated cast iron bust of Friedrich Wilhelm IV. - image-1

Lot 176 Dα

A black patinated cast iron bust of Friedrich Wilhelm IV.

Auction 1047 - overview Cologne
02.05.2015, 11:00 - The Berlin Sale
Estimate: 6.000 € - 8.000 €
Result: 7.812 € (incl. premium)
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A black patinated cast iron bust of Friedrich Wilhelm IV.

A crisp, finely chased work. A bust showing the King at age 50. H 33.3 cm.
Berlin Royal Iron Foundries, modelled by Christian Daniel Rauch, after 1845.

The King sat six times for the original plaster bust which Rauch completed on 6th March 1845. The first version in marble was finished towards the end of the year (cat. Nationalgalerie Berlin, p. 593). The cast iron version was designed after these pieces.

Literature

Three plaster models by Rauch in: Maaz Hg, Bestandskatalog der Skulpturen Nationalgalerie Berlin 2006, 2nd vol., no. 887 ff.
Cf. also cat. Die königliche Eisen-Gießerei zu Berlin, Berlin 2004, no. 51.