Emil (1802) Wolff

Lot 104: EMIL WOLFF GERMAN, 1802-1879

Name: EMIL WOLFF GERMAN, 1802-1879
Brand: Sotheby's
SKU: wmdwvtaja9

Est: £3,000 GBP - £5,000 GBPSold:

Sotheby'sLondon, United KingdomJuly 09, 2004

Item Overview

Description

signed: E. WOLFF. ROMAE. FECIT

white marble, on a veined dark red marble column

Quantity: 2

Dimensions

bust: 81cm., 32in. column: 113cm., 40 1/2 in.

Artist or Maker

Emil (1802) Wolff

Notes

The bust can probably be identified as that sent by Wolff from Rome for exhibition at the Royal Academy, London in 1841 (no.1257), representing the great English parliamentary reformer and slavery abolitionist Fowell Buxton, popularly known at the time as 'the friend of the negro' and 'the emancipator'. Wolff was a leading German sculptor active in Rome.

RELATED LITERATURE Graves 8, p.38; NPG catalogue

Auction Details

European Sculpture & Works of Art 900-1900

Sotheby's

July 09, 2004, 12:00 AM EST

34-35 New Bond Street, London, LDN, W1A 2AA, UK

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