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Johann Georg Sindler (c. 1669 -1732), Portrait of Innocent XIII in profile, Italy, Rome, circa 1725

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1,000 - 1,500 EUR

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Johann Georg Sindler (c. 1669 -1732)

Italy, Rome, circa 1725

An Italian polychrome wax relief portrait in profile of Innocentius XIII

signed, dated, and located Carlo Sindler Romano F: Roma 1725

entitled: INNOCENTIUS.XIII.PONT.MAX, on a black background

polychrome wax in a carved and giltwood frame

height: cm 33; in. 13

Sotheby's Paris, Important Furniture, Sculptures and Works of Art, 22 October 2008, Lot. 36

Sotheby's Paris, Important Mobilier, Sculptures et Objets, 6 April 2011, Lot. 63

E.J. Pyke, A Biographical Dictionnary of Wax Modellers, Oxford, 1973

Johann Georg Sindler (1669–1732), known as Carlo Sindler Romano, an Austrian-born wax sculptor, was active in Rome during the first quarter of the 18th century. A wax portrait of Pope Benedict XIII by him is preserved at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London (cf. Pyke, op. cit.).

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