A CARVED POLYCHROME-DECORATED AND GILTWOOD FIGURE OF A GENTLEMAN

PROBABLY GERMAN, LATE 18TH CENTURY

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A CARVED POLYCHROME-DECORATED AND GILTWOOD FIGURE OF A GENTLEMAN
PROBABLY GERMAN, LATE 18TH CENTURY
Depicted wearing a three-feathered hat with an armorial headband and standing with both arms outstretched on a checkerboard-painted shaped base, the back inscribed in black chalk '7V547'
59 in. (150 cm.) high

Provenance

Sold Sotheby's New York, 20-21 October, 2003, lot 358.

Lot Essay

It has been noted that the figure appears not to be military but may be a member of a guild dressed in a parade uniform.

The arms on the headband are those of the Druolles de Champagnolles of Normandy, France (see J. B. Rietstap, Armorial Général, vol. I, p. 567.

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