A Crying boy
Statuette
1750-1780 (made)
1750-1780 (made)
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The small boy is shown crying, wearing a buttoned jacket and pierrot collar. His teeth and tongue are visible, his nose is running, and tears are seen springing out of the eyes. The piece is signed on the back, ' L. von. Lücke'. This piece is related both to other ivories ascribed to Johann Christoph Ludwig Lücke, and to some of the works he modelled for the Vienna porcelain factory. Two analogous ivory heads of crying boys, and one of a yelling boy are in the Herzog Anton Ulrich-Museum in Braunschweig. The two crying heads in Braunschweig are ascribed to Johann Christoph Ludwig Lücke, although the yelling head is more likely to be Netherlandish, and to date from the first half of the seventeenth century. Lücke was a member of a large family of ivory-carvers and modellers. Born about 1703, probably in Dresden, he worked as a modeller in the Meissen factory before travelling widely and working in various towns till his death in 1780.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | A Crying boy (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Ivory |
| Brief description | Statuette, ivory, bust of boy crying, by Johann Christoph Lücke, German, ca. 1750-80 |
| Physical description | Bust of a boy. He looks half right, the head thrown slightly back, the face puckered up as he cries, the mouth open and showing the tongue. He wears a tight fitting jacket buttoned up to the neck and a narrow pierrot collar. |
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| Gallery label | A BOY CRYING
German, middle of the 18th century, signed
Ivory
Johann Christoph Ludwig Von Lücke (b. 1705; d. 1780)
(1993 - 2011) |
| Object history | Bought for £23 from Alfred Spero London in 1931. |
| Summary | The small boy is shown crying, wearing a buttoned jacket and pierrot collar. His teeth and tongue are visible, his nose is running, and tears are seen springing out of the eyes. The piece is signed on the back, ' L. von. Lücke'. This piece is related both to other ivories ascribed to Johann Christoph Ludwig Lücke, and to some of the works he modelled for the Vienna porcelain factory. Two analogous ivory heads of crying boys, and one of a yelling boy are in the Herzog Anton Ulrich-Museum in Braunschweig. The two crying heads in Braunschweig are ascribed to Johann Christoph Ludwig Lücke, although the yelling head is more likely to be Netherlandish, and to date from the first half of the seventeenth century. Lücke was a member of a large family of ivory-carvers and modellers. Born about 1703, probably in Dresden, he worked as a modeller in the Meissen factory before travelling widely and working in various towns till his death in 1780. |
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| Collection | |
| Accession number | A.2-1931 |
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| Record created | June 12, 2009 |
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