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Lot 333 Dα

A cupid's head

Auction 1208 - overview Cologne
17.11.2022, 14:30 - Decorative Arts - Sculpture Bronze Furniture Textiles
Estimate: 8.000 € - 12.000 €
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A cupid's head

Softwood carved in the round and gilded. H 29 cm.
Munich, attributed to the workshop of Ignaz Günther, 1760s / 1770s.

Provenance

Private collection, Westphalia.

Literature

Cf. Volk, Rokokoplastik in Altbayern, Bayrisch-Schwaben und im Allgäu, Munich 1981, pl. VIII, for the guardian angel group in the Munich Bürgersaal, especially the child's head.
Cf. also cat. Bayerische Rokokoplastik. Vom Entwurf zur Ausführung, Bayerisches Nationalmuseum Munich 1985, cat. no. 223.
Cf. Maué, Die Bildwerke des 17. und 18. Jahrhunderts im Germanischen Nationalmuseum, Mainz 2005, cat. no. 125.