TWO BRONZE AND MARMO NEGRO MODELS OF TRAJAN'S COLUMN

19TH CENTURY

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TWO BRONZE AND MARMO NEGRO MODELS OF TRAJAN'S COLUMN
19TH CENTURY
Each of typical form surmounted by a figure of Trajan in Roman dress above a plinth, each with inscription, on stepped black marble base, the shorter column with top plinth restored
One 30 in. (76 cm.) high, the other 32 in. (81 cm.) high (2)

Provenance

King Ludwig III of Bavaria (1845-1921), by descent until sold
Sotheby's, Aus Deutschen Schlössern, Schloss Monrepos, 9-14 October 2000, lot 2722.

Lot Essay

Ludwig III (d. 1921) was born in Munich, the son of Prince Luitpold of Bavaria (d. 1912) and Augusta of Tuscany. On the death of his father, Ludwig became Regent for his insane cousin Otto of Bavaria in 1912, and deposed him by constitutional amendment and proclamation, with the subsequent assent of parliament, on 5 November 1913, thus becoming King. In 1918, on the eve of revolution, Ludwig and his family fled Munich, and on 13 November 1918 signed his abdication. Ludwig fled to Vaduz and from there to Hungary, where he died in Sarvar.

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