J.H. Hagbolt (German 1775-1849): An early 19th century coloured wax miniature of a young lady
shown in profile to the right, wearing a lace cap and an Empire style white dress, with a choker of seed pearls, framed, with Hagbolt's visiting card glued on behind, bearing to the reverse a label M.J.Hagbolt, Artist in wax, broken glass, 25cm high x 24cm wide
Sold for
£696
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Footnotes
- Following the example of his master in Germany, Caspar Hardy, Hagbolt specialised in portraits in high relief and polychrome wax, like this plain, but characterful English woman in her real pearl necklace. Hagbolt was praised by Goethe (Kunst und Alterthum, i, pp. 24-25).
See E.J. Pyke, a biographical dictionary of wax modellers, Oxford, 1973.
Category: Decorative Arts / European Sculpture and Works of Art
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