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A.78-1952) are made (signed J.D.) by Jacob Dobbermann in Germany in ca. 1730-40. The present example represents Henry IV of France. It was previously thought to be made by François Dusart (1620-1688). The accompanying statuette represents Louis II, Duke of Bourbon, Le Grand Condé.\r\nJacob Dobbermann (1682-1745) was a Polish amber,- and ivory-carver, active in  Germany. He almost certainly came from a family of amber-carver in Danzig. From 1716  onwards he was the court artist of the Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel. He is formally  documented as 'Bernstein- und helffenbeinarbeiter' at Kassel in 1737. He produced ivory  portrait medallions, and numerous reliefs in ivory, often depicting mythological scenes,  many of them based on South Netherlandish engraved sources.","physicalDescription":"The bearded King faces half right and is wearing a breastplate, a sword at his left side (only the hilt and the small part of the blade is showing), knee breaches and high, laced boots. His right arm is at his right side, while his left arm is held across his breast, and in his left hand he holds part of his cloak, which is worn over both shoulders. The main weight of the cloak is over his left shoulder and back of the figure. 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