Sale 1376
New York
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19 May 2004
Price realised
USD 6,572
Estimate
A CONTINENTAL BISCUIT PORTRAIT BUST OF OF A SCHOLAR PROBABLY GERMAN, DATED JUNE 1784 As a monument, the bust truncated at the shoulder, wearing a wig and collar, the socle set within a wreath, on square pedestal, a winged putto seated below in the process of inscribing a medallion suspended from a garland with the inscription JAC. WILLEMSEM PROF & PRED MIDDELBURG GEB. 22. JULY 1698, the open Bible at his feet inscribed Psalm at the head of the left page and with the date 84.y.6 on the left 11 1/8 in. (28.3 cm.) high overall
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