Attributed to the workshop of Simon Troger (1683-1768), Tyrolean, second quarter 18th century, A figure of a beggar

fruitwood and ivory, natuarlistically carved and with glass eyes, losses

A very charming and attractively animated figure. There are however chips throughout. Notably his hat, on his left sleeve proper and on his coats tails. His fingers on one hand are chipped. The ivory on the whole is good although would benefit from a clean as there is much dirt. his curl of hair is fine and his eyes are good. The leather straps on his ruck sack are snapped. The stand is original but has a tiny aperture - this may have supported a very small animal now lost. This well executed figure, despite the chipping, is a very decorative piece and would benefit enormously from sensitive restoration. (although it could be left as is). The wood is a lovely colour.
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Simon Troger was apprenticed in Merano and then Innsbuck in the workshop of Nicholas Moll. From about 1726 he was working in Munich under Andreas Faistenbeger before establishing his own large workshop in Haidhausen where he died in 1768.

The largest numbers of his works are in the Bayerisches Nationalmuseum, Munich with examples in the Grünes Gewölbe, Dresden, the Hermitage in St. Petersburg and the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.