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Christian Benjamin Rauschner

Naumburg (Saale) 1723 – 1793 Frankfurt a.M.

Child in a grotto, crying. Circa 1770

Moulded wax; glass painting / rococo frame, gilt. 26 x 23,5 cm (frame 27 x 24 x 10 cm) (10 ¼ x 9 ¼ in. (frame 10 ⅝ x 9 ½ x 3 ⅞ in.)).
This picture shows the following artwork: Christian Benjamin Rauschner. Child in a grotto, crying. Circa 1770.

Estimate:

EUR 3,000

 

- 5,000

USD 4,080

 

- 6,800

Sold for:

5,000 EUR (incl. premium)

Auctions 215-221

ORANGERIE. Selected Objects, Thursday, 28.11.2013

Information

Moulded wax; glass painting / rococo frame, gilt. 26 x 23,5 cm (frame 27 x 24 x 10 cm) (10 ¼ x 9 ¼ in. (frame 10 ⅝ x 9 ½ x 3 ⅞ in.)). Signed and dated in the background in gold ink: CBRauschner / f: 1608. Framed

Comparable objects: Duke Anton Ulrich-Museum, Brunswick (inv. nos. Wac 80 and 81) / Stiftung Schloss Friedenstein, Gotha (inv. nos. W 3 and 4)

We would like to thank Dr. Johanna Lessmann, Hamburg, for the valuable information provided.

Private collection, Stuttgart

Johanna Lessmann and Susanne König-Lein: Wachsarbeiten des 16. bis 20. Jahrhunderts, Brunswick 2002, cat. no. 92, p. 144 (here named)