Lot 46
46
A TERRE DE LORRAINE MODELLO OF A PRINCESS, shown standing and crowned, her long robes bejewelled, her ermine-trimmed cloak held up in her right hand, on moulded socle with canted corners and coat-of-arms, 19th Century

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A TERRE DE LORRAINE MODELLO OF A PRINCESS, shown standing and crowned, her long robes bejewelled, her ermine-trimmed cloak held up in her right hand, on moulded socle with canted corners and coat-of-arms, 19th Century
28¼in. (71.8cm.) high
Literature
COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
J. Roberts, Royal Artists, London, 1987, p. 2
M. Stocker, Royalist and Realist, The Life and Work of Sir Joseph Edgar Boehm, New York, 1988, figs. 27, 47, 96 & 102

Lot Essay

The present model may represent Victoria, Princess Royal and later Empress Friederich III of Germany and Queen of Prussia, modelled by her sister Princess Louise during the 1870's. The modelling, though not as confident, reflects the style of Boehm who had taught and assisted Princess Louise from 1869 until his death in 1890. Similarities may be drawn with the work of Princess Louise, such as her terracotta self-portrait (Roberts, op. cit.) and with that of Boehm (Stocker, op. cit.).

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