A cast iron plate and a plaque "Winter" - image-1

Lot 142 Dα

A cast iron plate and a plaque "Winter"

Auction 1242 - overview Berlin
20.04.2024, 11:00 - The Berlin Sale
Estimate: 200 € - 300 €
Bid

A cast iron plate and a plaque "Winter"

Black patinated cast iron reliefs with a depiction of winter designed by Bertel Thorvaldsen. Winter is here represented as an allegory of old age by an elderly couple. D plate 20.5, plaque D 14 cm.
Attributed to the Princely Anhalt Iron Foundry at Mägdesprung, around 1850, after a motif by Bertel Thorvaldsen.

Provenance

Private collection, Berlin.

Literature

Cf. Reichmann, Die Harzer Eisenhütte unterm Mägdesprung, Münster 2002, illus. 149.