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Title: Sleeping Shepherd Boy.
Material: Carrara marble.
Artist: R. (Rudolf) Schwanthaler (1832-1878).
Style: Neoclassical
Production date: circa 1850.
Origin: Germany.
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Title: Sleeping Shepherd Boy.
Material: Carrara marble.
Artist: R. (Rudolf) Schwanthaler (1832-1878).
Style: Neoclassical
Production date: circa 1850.
Origin: Germany.
Description: A single stone carved sculpture, features a recumbent nude male figure, executed in white Carrara marble, carving marked and inscribed at lower right side base; "R. Schwanthaler".
Dimensions: 19.75 inches H x 15 inches L x 7 inches D.
About the artist: The artist Rudolf Schwanthaler (1842 - 1879) was active/lived in Germany. He is known for sculpture, drawing and ceramics. Rudolf came from the Schwanthaler family, a family of sculptors well known from the Baroque and Rococo periods (17th – 19th centuries). Considered the best-known representative of this is Rudolf's uncle, Ludwig Michael (1802-1848) - creator of Bavaria - the female symbol shape and secular saint of Bavaria, acting as personified allegory on the state structure Bayern in different forms and manifestations.
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- Dimensions
- 15ʺW × 7ʺD × 19.75ʺH
- Styles
- Neoclassical
- Art Subjects
- Figure
- Period
- Mid 19th Century
- Country of Origin
- Germany
- Item Type
- Vintage, Antique or Pre-owned
- Materials
- Marble
- Condition
- Good Condition, Restored, Some Imperfections
- Color
- Antique White
- Condition Notes
- Minor discoloration due to surface grime, slight loss at big toe (see foot that overhangs base - left-side front view); … moreMinor discoloration due to surface grime, slight loss at big toe (see foot that overhangs base - left-side front view); sympathetically restored. Otherwise in good overall condition - minor sporadic rubs, some nicks to edge of lower carved form. less
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