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310R

Bertel Thorvaldsen (follower)

1770 – Copenhagen – 1844

Bust of Cupid – presumably Carlo Alberto Thorvaldsen (1806 – 1811). After 1811

Carrara marble. 44,5 cm (with base) (17 ½ in. (with base)).
This picture shows the following artwork: Bertel Thorvaldsen (follower). Bust of Cupid – presumably Carlo Alberto Thorvaldsen (1806 – 1811). After 1811.

Estimate:

EUR 3,000

 

- 5,000

USD 4,080

 

- 6,800

Sold for:

6,250 EUR (incl. premium)

Auctions 215-221

ORANGERIE. Selected Objects, Thursday, 28.11.2013

Information

Carrara marble. 44,5 cm (with base) (17 ½ in. (with base)). Alabaster base repaired.

Comparable object and related literature: Büste Carlo Alberto Thorbaldsen in der Sammlung Jørgen Brikedal Hartmann, Rome (compare: Jørgen B. Hartmann: Appunti su alcune opere de canova e Thorvaldsen; in: Arte Neoclassica. Arti del Convegno, vol. 17 (1957), p. 145–170, in particular 160f. / Jørgen B. Hartmann: Thorvaldsens Filius?; in: L’Urbe, new series vol. 34 (1971), no. 4, p. 1–10 / Künstlerleben in Rome. Bertel Thorvaldsen. Der dänische Bildhauer und seine Freunde, exh. cat., Nuremberg, Schoß Gottorf 1992/1993, cat. no. 7.2, p. 629

We would like to thank Kristine Bøggild Johannsen, curator of the Thorvaldsen-Museums Copenhagen, for the valuable information provided..

Formerly collection Peter Hacks (1929 – 2003), Groß Machnow