Death Mask?

[japeflakes]

jp -- here's a video that you might be interested in, also other videos are listed below it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKFH6BXEdsg

Thank you. Very good.  Very clever as well. 

[japeflakes]

What sort of a "place" would you have it done?  Would it be a "posh" art studio or a travelling salesman or?  Would it be expensive? What sort of date were these common?

[Gadget]

What sort of a "place" would you have it done?  Would it be a "posh" art studio or a travelling salesman or?  Would it be expensive? What sort of date were these common?

Given the material and equipment needed, it would have to be made in a studio/workroom. In relation to time - since forever

Those carved from marble rather that modelled ~

The Arles bust is a life-sized marble bust of a man, possibly Julius Caesar, dating to around the 1st century BC. It is part of the collection of the Musée de l'Arles antique.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arles_bust

Also, specificto Death Masks

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_mask

Google has lots of info 

Gadget

[Viktoria]

A death mask would not have open eyes.
There is one if Chopin in Manchester’s Central Library.

Viktoria.

[Gadget]

We have ascertained that it's not a death mask, Viktoria. Japeflakes has been asking about the various ways that sculptural  portraits, etc, are made.  As I did do sculpture (many years ago)  as part of a Fine Art degree, I have been explaining the various processes involved.


Gadget