Lot 760: ANTON WERRES (1830-1900), A WHITE MARBLE POSTHUMOUS PORTRAIT BUST OF PROCURATOR NICOLOVIUS, DATED 1878 DATED 1878 height 69cm finely carved, depicted en face with high forehead, wearing formal dress with bowtie, columnar base with abacus inscribed

ANTON WERRES (1830-1900), A WHITE MARBLE POSTHUMOUS PORTRAIT BUST OF PROCURATOR NICOLOVIUS, DATED 1878 DATED 1878 height 69cm finely carved, depicted en face with high forehead, wearing formal dress with bowtie, columnar base with abacus inscribed Nicolovius, the back inscribed nach Photographie Nicolovius Generalprokurator Koln 1846- 1871 and signed A. Werres 1878 Provenance: Property of a Nobleman Catalogue Note: Dr. Georg Heinrich Nicolovius, a nephew of Goethe, was born in Eutin. From 1847 to 1871 he held the prestigious position of procurator general of the court of appeal in Cologne