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Lot 86: GUILLIELMUS  DE  GROF  (CIRCA  1676-1742)GERMAN,  MUNICH,  CIRCA  1716

Est: £50,000 GBP - £70,000 GBPSold:
Sotheby'sLondon, United KingdomJuly 03, 2012

Item Overview

Description

PROPERTY  FROM  THE  COLLECTION  OF  HENRY  AND  EMMA  BUDGE
BUST  OF  MAXIMILIAN  II  EMANUEL,  ELECTOR  OF  BAVARIA  (1662-1726)
the  base  inscribed  in  pen:  37/683  with  an  orange  plastic  label  stamped:  37/683  an  old  paper  label  printed:  HISTORISCHES  MUSEUM  /  MÜNCHEN  and  inscribed  in  pen:  37/683  and  a  paper  label  stamped:  *SAMMLUNG*  H.E.B.  and  inscribed  in  pen:  76.
signed:  G.  de  Grof  F.
gilt  bronze,  on  a  Louis  XIV  wood  and  brass-inlaid  wood  pedestal-base
overall:  42cm.,  16½in.

Artist or Maker

Literature

H. R. Weihrauch, Die Bildwerke in Bronze und in anderen Metallen, cat. Bayerisches Nationalmuseum, vol. XIII, 5, Munich, 1956, pp. 193-5, no. 234 (referenced);
P. Volk, Guillielmus de Grof (1676–1742): Studien zur Plastik am kurbayrischen Hof im 18. Jahrhundert, dissertation, Witterschlick, 1966, p. 156, no. 5a

Provenance

Emma Budge, Hamburg;
her forced sale Berlin, Paul Graupe, Die Sammlung Frau Emma Budge, Hamburg, 27-29 September 1937, lot 98, pl. 35;
acquired by the Münchner Stadtmuseum, Munich (inv. no. 37 / 683);
restituted to the heirs of Emma Budge in 2012

Auction Details

European Sculpture & Works of Art: Medieval to Modern

by
Sotheby's
July 03, 2012, 12:00 PM GMT

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