Large Plaster Bust of King Gustav III - After Johan Tobias Sergel (Sweden, 1740-1814)
Impressive Plaster bust after Johan Tobias Sergel (Sweden 1740-1814) depicting King Gustav III (1746-1792), wearing military cuirass armour and ermine-brimmed mantle with the ribbons of the Order of Seraphim and the Craschan White Rose of Finland.
Gustav III was King of Sweden from 1771 until his assassination at a masked ball at the Royal Opera House in Stockholm at midnight on 16 March 1792.
Large & impressive scale.
Early - mid XX Century.
Theatrical & highly decorative plaster bust depicting 18th Century royal ceremonial military costume.
Good period condition with some surface plaster scuffs.
Provenance: from the Austrian art market.
H: 78cm / W: 52cm / D: 30cm.
Large and heavy.
Shipping by van courier only: £70 England & Wales / £100 Scotland / £200 - £300 East - Central Europe (message for quote).
Impressive Plaster bust after Johan Tobias Sergel (Sweden 1740-1814) depicting King Gustav III (1746-1792), wearing military cuirass armour and ermine-brimmed mantle with the ribbons of the Order of Seraphim and the Craschan White Rose of Finland.
Gustav III was King of Sweden from 1771 until his assassination at a masked ball at the Royal Opera House in Stockholm at midnight on 16 March 1792.
Large & impressive scale.
Early - mid XX Century.
Theatrical & highly decorative plaster bust depicting 18th Century royal ceremonial military costume.
Good period condition with some surface plaster scuffs.
Provenance: from the Austrian art market.
H: 78cm / W: 52cm / D: 30cm.
Large and heavy.
Shipping by van courier only: £70 England & Wales / £100 Scotland / £200 - £300 East - Central Europe (message for quote).
Impressive Plaster bust after Johan Tobias Sergel (Sweden 1740-1814) depicting King Gustav III (1746-1792), wearing military cuirass armour and ermine-brimmed mantle with the ribbons of the Order of Seraphim and the Craschan White Rose of Finland.
Gustav III was King of Sweden from 1771 until his assassination at a masked ball at the Royal Opera House in Stockholm at midnight on 16 March 1792.
Large & impressive scale.
Early - mid XX Century.
Theatrical & highly decorative plaster bust depicting 18th Century royal ceremonial military costume.
Good period condition with some surface plaster scuffs.
Provenance: from the Austrian art market.
H: 78cm / W: 52cm / D: 30cm.
Large and heavy.
Shipping by van courier only: £70 England & Wales / £100 Scotland / £200 - £300 East - Central Europe (message for quote).
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