A German white marble figure of a young girl

BY JOSEF VON KOPF, ROME, DATED 1866

Details

A German white marble figure of a young girl
By Josef von Kopf, Rome, Dated 1866
Seated on a rock, naked but for drapery over one thigh, a small snake feeding from a shell held in her extended hand, on a naturalistically-carved base inscribed I. KOPF/ROMA/1866; on associated cream-painted circular fluted wooden pedestal
The figure: 37 in. (94 cm.) high; 16 in. (40.5 cm.) square at base
The pedestal: 43 in. (109.2 cm.) high

Provenance

Olga Nikolaievna, Grand Duchess of Russia and Queen of Würtemburg, thence by descent

Sale room notice

Please note that the provenance for this lot should read Queen of Württemberg and not Würtemburg, as spelt on the catalogue.

Lot Essay

Born in Würtemburg, Josef von Köpf, largely a self-taught sculptor, worked with Martin Wagner in Würzburg during the 1850s, before spending a period of time in Rome and later settling in Baden-Baden. His work included busts and statues of German royalty and allegorical figures such as Piety, The Dance, Music and Summer. A figure by von Köpf emblematic of Winter was sold in these rooms 27 February, 1997, lot 293.

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