A carved ivory group of two putti with a ram - image-1

Lot 522 D‡α

A carved ivory group of two putti with a ram

Auction 1140 - overview Cologne
15.11.2019, 14:00 - Decorative Arts II
Estimate: 4.000 € - 6.000 €
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A carved ivory group of two putti with a ram

A small group comprising a sitting female and a crouching male putto crowning a billy goat with roses on a rocky mound base. Some cracks. H 11.3 cm.
18th C.

Literature

The group was traditionally attributed to Johann Peter Wagner. Two other putti attributed to this sculptor and a clay bozzetto in the Germanisches Nationalmuseum in: Maué, Die Bildwerke des 17. und 18. Jahrhunderts, Mainz 1997, no. 74 and 76.
Possibly it is also a successor of Joachim Henne (Hamburg 1663 - 1707 Berlin), see a similar group in the Rosenborg Castle Collection (Hein, 2nd Vol., Copenhagen 2009, No. 845).