Life-size painter’s mannequin.
Metal and wood frame, covered with plant fiber padding skin
Carved wooden head, polychrome.
From the end of the 18th century there was evidence of a growing demand for mannequins capable of reproducing the human body as closely as possible, as well as the unprecedented manufacturing efforts to provide the highest quality products. Paris was the modeling capital of Europe. Equipped with mechanical elements, sometimes covered in fabric, the mannequins represent a physical resemblance to human morphology and physiognomy and adopt all kinds of attitudes with almost anatomical fidelity. For most of its history, the mannequin was made either to order (most often by anonymous artists) or by the artist himself.
Metal and wood frame, covered with plant fiber padding skin.
Carved wooden head, polychrome.
Height: 164cm
Circa 1760
