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Lot 172 Dα

A white marble portrait of an artist

Auction 1182 - overview Cologne
15.07.2021, 11:00 - The Exceptional Bernard De Leye Collection
Estimate: 5.000 € - 6.000 €
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A white marble portrait of an artist

Bust of a man facing left in a voluminous allonge wig dressed in a sumptuous cloak. On a square plinth. H ca. 72, W ca. 48 cm.
After Jean-Jacques Caffièri, 19th century.

The prototype of this bust, which it follows in many details, was a terracotta portrait of the sculptor Corneille van Cleve (1645 – 1732) made by the sculptor Jaen-Jacques Caffièri (1725 - 1792) which is today housed in the Louvre. The bust, in turn, was copied from an engraving by Nicolas Jean Baptiste Poilly (1712-1780) after a painting by Joseph Vivien (1657 - 1734).