A LUDWIGSBURG FIGURE OF A PRINT-SELLER
CIRCA 1770, BLUE INTERLACED C MARK
Modelled by Pierre François Lejeune, the barefoot woman standing before rockwork, holding a roll of prints, the uppermost painted in iron-red with a Crucifixion scene, with a wicker basket of printing inks and tools on her back, wearing a white jacket and hat edged in turquoise, purple and gilding and a gilt-edged black skirt, the circular grassy base moulded with two gilt C-scrolls (restoration to upper body, both arms and basket straps)
5¾ in. (14.6 cm.) high
A LUDWIGSBURG FIGURE OF A PRINT-SELLER
CIRCA 1770, BLUE INTERLACED C MARK
Modelled by Pierre François Lejeune, the barefoot woman standing before rockwork, holding a roll of prints, the uppermost painted in iron-red with a Crucifixion scene, with a wicker basket of printing inks and tools on her back, wearing a white jacket and hat edged in turquoise, purple and gilding and a gilt-edged black skirt, the circular grassy base moulded with two gilt C-scrolls (restoration to upper body, both arms and basket straps)
5¾ in. (14.6 cm.) high