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A GERMAN ALABASTER AND GILT-WOOD PORTRAIT RELIEF OF ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT (1769-1859)

FIRST QUARTER 19TH CENTURY

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A GERMAN ALABASTER AND GILT-WOOD PORTRAIT RELIEF OF ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT (1769-1859)
FIRST QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
The alabaster portrait mounted on a variegated grey marble panel within a carved giltwood frame
32 cm.high x 24 cm. wide

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Lot Essay

Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander Freiherr von Humboldt (September 14, 1769, Berlin -– May 6, 1859, Berlin) was a Prussian naturalist and explorer, and the younger brother of the Prussian minister, philosopher, and linguist Wilhelm von Humboldt.

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