A beggar woman
Statuette
ca. 1820 (made)
ca. 1820 (made)
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This ivory statuette is one of a pair, this one representing a beggar woman, the other a beggar man (Mus. No. A.13-1949). It is probably made by Cointre in Dieppe, France, in ca. 1820. The figures were ascribed to Wilhelm Krüger (1680-1756) at the time of their acquisition in 1949.
Cointre (ca. 1790-1820) was an ivory carver that apparently specialised in carving genre figures of beggars in ivory in a style which looked forward to the work of Pierre-Adrien Graillon (1807/9-1872). The dark wood socles are typical of his work too. Such genre figures were typical in France in the second half of the nineteenth century, as exemplified by the work of Pierre-Adrien Graillon.
Cointre (ca. 1790-1820) was an ivory carver that apparently specialised in carving genre figures of beggars in ivory in a style which looked forward to the work of Pierre-Adrien Graillon (1807/9-1872). The dark wood socles are typical of his work too. Such genre figures were typical in France in the second half of the nineteenth century, as exemplified by the work of Pierre-Adrien Graillon.
Object details
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| Title | A beggar woman (named collection) |
| Materials and techniques | ivory on wood socle |
| Brief description | Statuette, a beggar woman on pedestal, probaly by Cointre, French (Dieppe), ca. 1820 |
| Physical description | Figure in ivory of a female beggar in ragged clothes. In her right hand a string of beads, her left hand raised to her head and holding a rosary in her right hand. Round her waist, a pan, a water bottle and her apron looped up in a bundle. She looks downward and is stepping forward with her right foot. She wears a hat tied to her head. The toes of her left foot are revealed through the damaged left shoe. On turned wood socle inlaid with ivory. |
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| Object history | Given by Dr W.L. Hildburgh F.S.A. in 1949; formerly on loan from Dr Hildburgh. |
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| Summary | This ivory statuette is one of a pair, this one representing a beggar woman, the other a beggar man (Mus. No. A.13-1949). It is probably made by Cointre in Dieppe, France, in ca. 1820. The figures were ascribed to Wilhelm Krüger (1680-1756) at the time of their acquisition in 1949. Cointre (ca. 1790-1820) was an ivory carver that apparently specialised in carving genre figures of beggars in ivory in a style which looked forward to the work of Pierre-Adrien Graillon (1807/9-1872). The dark wood socles are typical of his work too. Such genre figures were typical in France in the second half of the nineteenth century, as exemplified by the work of Pierre-Adrien Graillon. |
| Associated object | A.13-1949 (Pair) |
| Bibliographic reference | Trusted, Marjorie, Baroque & Later Ivories, Victoria & Albert Museum, London, 2013, cat. no. 268, pp. 276, 7 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | A.14-1949 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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