Lot n° 98
Estimation :
3000 - 5000
EUR
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Result
: 4 000EUR
Joseph Anton COURIGUER (1750-1830) or KURIGER - Lot 98
Joseph Anton COURIGUER (1750-1830) or KURIGER
Portrait of Lancelot comte Turpin de Crissé writing commentaries on Caesar
Exceptional wax bas-relief
Signed lower left "A. Couriguer Fecit
32 x 24 cm at sight
Provenance: Model's family, then by descent
Note: Joseph Antoine Couriguer, a wax relief worker in Paris (cited as early as 1784 as working for the Duc d'Orléans), was part of an exceptional dynasty of wax sculptors and modelers active in the 18th and 19th centuries. They originated from Einsiedeln in German-speaking Switzerland, and in France adopted the phonetic equivalent of their name, Couriguer or Couriger.
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