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Lot 205 Dα

A zinc cast figure of a genius after a design by Karl Friedrich Schinkel

Auction 1217 - overview Berlin
22.04.2023, 11:00 - The Prussian Sale
Estimate: 4.000 € - 6.000 €
Result: 7.560 € (incl. premium)
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A zinc cast figure of a genius after a design by Karl Friedrich Schinkel

H with plinth 43.7 cm.
Attributed to Royal Prussian Iron Foundry Berlin, around 1842, design by Karl Friedrich Schinkel, around 1815 - 20.

Literature

Cf. cat. Stiftung Stadtmuseum Berlin, Katalog der Bildwerke 1780 - 1920, Cologne 2003, cat. no. 567 for a galvanised gilded zinc cast in the Stadtmuseum Berlin, inv. no. VI 54/204, realised by the model maker at the Royal Prussian Iron Foundry Friedrich Vollgold (1804 - 1864) and the court goldsmith George Hossauer (1794 - 1894).
Cf. Ottomeyer/Pröschel, Vergoldete Bronzen, Vol. I, Munich 1986, Fig. 5.20.10, the candelabra in Charlottenburg Palace, probably produced by Werner and Neffen, with the same figure after Schinkel's design.