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An Unknown Boy, Joseph Benedict Curiger the Elder, 1802
JJoseph Benedict Curiger the Elder

An Unknown Boy

1802 · Relief

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Victoria and Albert Museum

London, United Kingdom

It belongs to the collection, but is not on display at present.

Checked
13 days ago
In this state since
Sep 25, 2026
Source
The museum
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About the sculpture

This portrait relief in coloured wax on a slate background depicts an unknown boy. A half-length figure of a boy, of about seven years of age with long light brown hair is shown in profile to the right. He wears a high collar with black stock, pink waistcoat and high-collared greenish-grey coat.

Victoria and Albert Museum

Particulars

Accession number
A.16-1934

In the catalog

SculptureNeoclassicismRomanticism19th centurySwitzerland

Sources

  • Victoria and Albert Museum
  • Image: Victoria and Albert Museum — © Victoria and Albert Museum, London

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