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Wax model for a portrait of King George IV (1762–1830)

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Wax model for a portrait of King George IV (1762–1830)

Benedetto Pistrucci

1820

Medium

Wax on slate

Tags

Dimensions

Diameter (confirmed): 4 1/16 in. (103.4 mm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Purchase, Lila Acheson Wallace, The Isak and Rose Weinman Foundation Inc., Mr. and Mrs. J. Tomilson Hill, and Stephen K Scher Gifts and funds from various donors, 2018

Classification

Medals and Plaquettes

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Culture

British, London

Rights

Public Domain

About Benedetto Pistrucci

1784–1855

Italian, 1783–1855, active England

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