CAST FROM THE MODEL BY FRITZ SCHULZE (1838-1914), SIGNED F. SCHULZE, ROMA 1864, AND CAST BY G. NISINI

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"THE COUPLE AT THE WELL" A BRONZE AND PORPHYRY GROUP
Cast from the model by Fritz Schulze (1838-1914), signed F. Schulze, Roma 1864, and cast by G. Nisini
The group depicting a shepherd pouring wine from a jug for a draped maiden seated on a porphyry ruin on a shaped bronze base applied with leafy plant and a further bronze wine jug
41 cm. (16 in.) high
See illustration

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Lot Essay

The German sculptor Fritz Schulze studied at the Copenhagen Academy between 1856 and 1863 and spent 1864 in Rome. He eventually settled in Munich where he died. He specialised in classical and historical figures and groups, and this particular group, executed and cast in Rome, unusually uses a piece of porphyry as part of the composition. It is tempting to think that it was once part of a Roman building re-used by Schulze

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