Bust of Adam and Eve in lime wood carved... - Lot 97 - Giquello

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Bust of Adam and Eve in lime wood carved... - Lot 97 - Giquello
Bust of Adam and Eve in lime wood carved in the round. Naked busts coming out of a corolla with heads turned towards each other, Eve's is surrounded by a snake biting the apple, Adam's by an apple tree branch bearing two fruits; Eve's hair is raised in a small bun allowing a long lock to escape resting on her right shoulder, Adam's is treated in small curly locks thrown backwards clearing the face; Physiognomy of the faces interpreted with originality with straight and pointed nose, square jaw, more accentuated for Adam, kind mouth, with half-opened lips for Eve and small round chin. Blackened pearwood bases. Bohemia, attributed to Adam Ferdinand Tietz (Holtschitz, 1708 - Memmelsdorf, 1777), mid 18th century Total heights: 23,3 cm and 22,8 cm (small cracks on the bases) Provenance: Former private collection, Germany Adam Ferdinand Tietz or Dietz is a very representative sculptor of the German rococo period who worked mainly in Franconia but also further west in Cologne, Trier and Speyer, moving from court to court at the request of the prince-bishops. He is known for his large, highly decorative sculptures, typically Baroque, of various themes, allegorical, mythological or religious, adorning churches, monuments, castles and their gardens. One thinks of the Princely Palace or the Basilica of St. Paulin in Trier, the Ullstadt Palace, the Seesbrücke in Bamberg (destroyed in 1784 by the drifting ice) or the gardens of the Residence of the same city. He is also the author of armless busts, as can be seen in the Seehofer Park near Trier. Sculpted in sandstone and about 1m high, they represent the gods of antiquity, the one of Diana showing obvious similarities with the small bust of Eve (fig.a). Only a few works by Tietz in limewood are known, models, a few sketches, polychrome sculptures in churches, but not of small dimensions like these two busts of Adam and Eve. Their bases, which are original, are in keeping with the period; they are reminiscent of those modeled to receive the statuary of the Seesbrücke (fig.b) and allow, with the previous comparison, to propose a dating between 1750 and 1760 Work consulted: B. W. Lindemann, Ferdinand Tietz 1708-1777, Weissenhorn, 1989.
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