Marble Sculptures
Color: Silver
Medium: Marble
Dog scratching its ear
Located in PARIS, FR
This amusing naturalistic sculpture in silver-plated pewter was probably made in the 17th century by Georg Schweigger. Inspired by a model created by another Nuremberg sculptor, Peter Flötner, it bears witness to the persistence during the baroque era of the naturalistic taste that emerged in the Renaissance. Intended as an ornament for some Kunstkammer, or cabinet of curiosities, this sculpture was a great success, as can be seen from the presence of similar works in many European museums.
1. Georg Schweigger
Georg Schweigger was a baroque sculptor and medal founder from Nuremberg, known mainly for his small-scale works in stone, carved wood and cast metal. His only large-scale work, the Neptune Fountain, has been in the Petershof Palace, the summer residence of the Tsars near St. Petersburg, since 1797. This monumental sculpture demonstrates his taste for the representation of movement, which we find in this small piece, inspired, as we shall see, by earlier models.
2. The success of a naturalistic theme
As is often the case in the history of art, the source of the Dog scratching his ear theme probably comes from an engraving, and more precisely from one made in Strasbourg in 1480 or in Aschaffenburg in 1481 by the Master of the Housebook, an anonymous engraver working in southern Germany at the end of the 15th century.
This engraving seems to have been Peter Flötner’s (1490 - 1546) source of inspiration. Peter Flötner was a sculptor and engraver who settled in Nuremberg in 1522. The Louvre Museum also has a gilded lead statuette dated between 1500 and 1515 (on deposit at the Musée de L'Œuvre in Strasbourg), which in turn is thought to have served as a model for other known statuettes.
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Category
17th Century Naturalistic Marble Sculptures
Materials
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KIng David with Harp
By Hana Geber
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American sculptor Hana Geber (1910 - 1990)
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Climber AL, Silver
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Rainer Lagemann
Climber AL, Silver
40 x 9 x 72 inches, Edition of 9
Signed and numbered on certificate of authenticity
Stainless steel welded sculpture, wall or ceiling mounted with marble base
Currently on display at Art Angels Los Angeles
Rainer Lagemann
Heart
Sculpture
Stainless steel sculpture
Outdoor sculpture
Climbing man
Wall climber
Category
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Materials
Marble, Stainless Steel
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