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Bust of Madame Sappé: M.5-1996

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Bust of Madame Sappé

Maker(s)

Sculptor: Curtius, Philippe (Uncertain)
Sculptor: Tussaud, Marie Gresholtz (Uncertain)
Sculptor: Hardy, Bernhard Caspar (Uncertain)

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Categories

Description

Bust of Madame Sappé. Wax, coloured flesh, red, grey and yellowish-grey. Bust of an old and wrinkled woman in profile to right with her hair swept up into a high chignon, wearing a low-necked dress edged with lace. Black background. In a rectangular gilt-wood frame with a glass top, set in a larger ebonized wood frame.
A pair with M.6-1996.

Legal notes

Bequeathed by Edward Joseph Pyke

Place(s) associated

  • Cologne ⪼ France

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1996) by Pyke, Edward Joseph

Dating

18th Century, Late
Circa 1775 CE - 1800 CE

Note

For an attribution to Bernhard Caspar Hardy see documentation.

Possibly by Philippe Guillaume Mathé Curtius (1737-1794) or Marie Tussaud (née Grosholtz) (1761-1850), or Bernhard Caspar Hardy (Cologne 1726-1816)

People, subjects and objects depicted

Components of the work

Bust composed of wax ( coloured)
Frame composed of ebonized wood
Outer Frame Depth 5 cm Height 30 cm Width 26.7 cm

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: M.5-1996
Primary reference Number: 30460
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 18 December 2023 Last processed: Monday 18 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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