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Lot 206

A Vienna group of a lady and gentleman, circa 1765-70

4 July 2024, 12:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

Sold for £665.60 inc. premium

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A Vienna group of a lady and gentleman, circa 1765-70

Modelled in front of a tree stump, their hands touching, each in elegant dress, she wearing a purple bodice and underskirt and yellow overskirt, he wearing a brown jacket and pink breeches, a black hat under his left arm, the oval base edged with gilding, 22cm high, shield mark in underglaze-blue (restoration to hands)

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Provenance:
Jindřich Waldes (1876-1941) Collection;
Confiscated by Nazi authorities in 1939 and incorporated into the collections of the National Gallery in Prague, circa 1948;
Restituted to the heirs of Jindřich Waldes in 1996;
Sold from the Waldes family at Ivey-Selkirk auctions, St Louis, 4 March 2004, lot 304

A more elaborate example described as 'Couple in antique Spanish national dress' is illustrated by E. Sturm-Bednarczyk/E. Sladek, Ceremonies, feasts, costumes (2007), cat.no. 147.

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