Reproduction
cast
Descripción
Plaster death mask of Karl August Böttiger. Part of Robert Noel's Casts of Intellectuals series.
Cast of a man's head and neck. The cast is on a round base inscribed with the number 1. Eyes and mouth closed, top of head bald with hair around the sides and back. The back of right ear is chipped.
Böttiger was born in 1760 and died in 1835, he was an archaeologist and the director of the Museum of Antiquities in Dresden.
Creador
Papatschy, Franz Xaver (1797 - 1875)
Fecha
1835 to 1835
Lugar de producción
Dresden
Razón de producción
Produced for Robert Noel's phrenological collection
Material
Documentation
- Noel, Robert Ralph, Notes Biographical and Phrenological Illustrating a Collection of Casts
Robert Noel Collection
Número del objeto
LDUSC-Noel-01
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