18th Century Black Basalt Bust of Rousseau in Wedgwood Style Wedgwood The label records the title

The label records the title as "Der Kirchgang" (Going to Church) and attributes the work to artist Rasumov

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18th Century Black Basalt Bust of Rousseau in Wedgwood Style Wedgwood The label records the titleThis finely modelled black basalt bust depicts the philosopher JeanJacques Rousseau and is a particularly attractive example of late 18thcentury neoclassical ceramic portrait sculpture. Standing approximately 16 cm high, the bust is worked in a dense, matte black stoneware body that closely echoes the celebrated wares of Wedgwood & Bentley, whose portrait busts of leading Enlightenment figures were highly fashionable among educated collectors from the