A child's bust

Annotated 22-27 February 1872. AET III. Signed on the plinth: J. Graven.

The sculptor Joseph(us) Graven, (Den Bosch 1836, Rotterdam 1877) was active 1851-77. His work can be seen in St Janskerk Den Bosch, the statue of Piet Hein in Delfshaven and the monument of the Dutch Virgin in Rotterdam. Also in the North Brabant Museum collection. This free work in baked clay shows the hand of the master in his realistic way of depicting. H 29 cm.