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Leonhard Posch

Fügen/Austria 1750 – 1831 Berlin

Two reliefs, King Friedrich Wilhelm III and Queen Luise. 1806-1809

Wax, tinted, moulded; blue-tinted glass; bronze, gilt. Ø 10 cm (3 ⅞ in.).
This picture shows the following artwork: Leonhard Posch. Two reliefs, King Friedrich Wilhelm III and Queen Luise. 1806-1809.

Estimate:

EUR 4,000

 

- 6,000

USD 5,070

 

- 7,600

Sold for:

10,000 EUR (incl. premium)

Auctions 229-235

ORANGERIE. Selected Objects, Thursday, 27.11.2014

Information

Wax, tinted, moulded; blue-tinted glass; bronze, gilt. Ø 10 cm (3 ⅞ in.). In the Queen relief, two hairline cracks in the wax.

Comparable object and related literature: Anne Forschler-Tarrasch: Leonhard Posch: Porträtmodelleur und Bildhauer. 1750-1831, Berlin 2002, cat. no. 61a, p.59f. (wax portrait of the King, Münzkabinett Berlin), cat. no. 86, p.66 (slightly different wax portrait of the Queen, Münzkabinett Berlin).

There exist numerous cast iron and porcelain versions prepared after Posch's wax models.

Private collection, London / private collection, Munich

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