A PAIR OF AUSTRIAN IVORY BUSTS, ONE OF EMPEROR FRANZ I OF AUSTRIA

THE IVORY SIGNED 'V.BRIX' AND DATED '1836', ON ASSOCIATED MARBLE BASES, LATE 18TH CENTURY

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A PAIR OF AUSTRIAN IVORY BUSTS, ONE OF EMPEROR FRANZ I OF AUSTRIA
THE IVORY SIGNED 'V.BRIX' AND DATED '1836', ON ASSOCIATED MARBLE BASES, LATE 18TH CENTURY
On ormolu mounted cipollino rosso and possibly rosso antico marble pedestal bases, one inscribed 'B1415' and the other inscribed 'BILL 1415' in black ink on the back of the bust
8¼ in. (21 cm.) high, 2¾ in. (7 cm.) wide, 2¾ in. (7cm.) deep (2)

Provenance

Pierre Delbée, sold Christie's Monaco, 10-11 December 1999, lot 520.

Lot Essay

Although little documented, the sculptor Vinzenz Brix was born c. 1815 in Karlsdorf, and was known to have studied and worked in Vienna in 1833-39 and worked primarily in ivory. The Emperor Franz I commissioned pieces, however the present bust may serve as a commemorative bust as the Emperor had died the year before it is dated in 1835.

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