Cleopatra and Lucretia
Jan Baptist Xavery, court sculptor in The Hague, was exceptionally versatile. In addition to funerary monuments, portrait busts, marble mantelpieces and even furniture, he made refined figurines in wood and ivory, such as these Classical female heads. They represent famous beauties from antiquity, Cleopatra and Lucretia, both of whom took their own life, one out of shame, the other out of sorrow.
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Cleopatra and Lucretia
Jan Baptist Xavery, court sculptor in The Hague, was exceptionally versatile. In addition to funerary monuments, portrait busts, marble mantelpieces and even furniture, he made refined figurines in wood and ivory, such as these Classical female heads. They represent famous beauties from antiquity, Cleopatra and Lucretia, both of whom took their own life, one out of shame, the other out of sorrow.
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Aankoop met steun van de Stichting tot Bevordering van de Belangen van het Rijksmuseum
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De Haagse hofbeeldhouwer Xaver ...... of verdriet het leven benamen.
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Jan Baptist Xavery, court scul ...... hame, the other out of sorrow.
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BK-1970-37-A
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Rijksmuseum
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Cleopatra and Lucretia
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Cleopatra en Lucretia
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created
1732
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1732
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buste hoogte 8,5 cm
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geheel hoogte 22 cm
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height 22 cm
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height 8.5 cm
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Collectie: beeldhouwwerken
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Collection: sculptures
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temporal
second quarter 18th century
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tweede kwart 18e eeuw
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