A cast iron statuette of "Radetzky" - image-1

Lot 163 Dα

A cast iron statuette of "Radetzky"

Auction 1127 - overview Berlin
06.04.2019, 11:00 - The Prussian Sale
Estimate: 400 € - 600 €
Result: 437 € (incl. premium)
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A cast iron statuette of "Radetzky"

On a black marble base. A figure of the Field Marshall in uniform with a rapier leaning against a column marked with the dates of the first Italian war of Liberation and a scroll with the names of the battles. The marble chipped. H 19 cm.
3rd quarter 19th C.

This portrait depicts the Austrian Field Marshall Johann Joseph Wenzel Anton Franz Karl Graf Radetzky von Radetz (Jan Josef Václav hrabe Radecký z Radce, 1766 - 1858), who developed the plan for the Battle of Leipzig in 1813. He was awarded numerous Orders on account of his extraordinary military service, and today he is still known as the inspiration for Johann Strauss' Radetzky March, which was performed for the first time in Vienna in 1848.