Cast iron statuettes of Romulus and Titus Tatius - image-1
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Lot 132 Dα

Cast iron statuettes of Romulus and Titus Tatius

Auction 1242 - overview Berlin
20.04.2024, 11:00 - The Berlin Sale
Estimate: 1.500 € - 2.000 €
Result: 1.512 € (incl. premium)
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Cast iron statuettes of Romulus and Titus Tatius

Cast in several parts. H 19.5 and 18 cm.
Prussian Iron Foundry, 1830s/1840s.

Both models are thought to have been produced in Gleiwitz/Gliwice and in the Sayn foundry.

Provenance

Private collection, Potsdam.

Literature

Cf. Hintze, Gleiwitzer Eisenkunstguss, Breslau 1928, p. 123.

Cf. Arenhövel, Eisen statt Gold, Berlin 1982, fig. 6.

Cf. the spear thrower Romulus in the collection of the Rhenish Cast Iron Museum (REM), Sayner Hütte Foundation.