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A VERY LARGE RUDOLSTADT VOLKSTEDT PORCELAIN WHITE STATUE OF KING FREDERICK THE GREAT, the naturalistically modelled figure of the standing King after a model by Schadow; wearing a tricorn hat, a sash and a belt, holding a walking stick in his right hand, flanked by two dogs, on circular plinth inscribed to the front with a crowned FR and to the rear with nach Schadow (minor damages), late 19th/early 20th Century
74 cm high
Johann Gottfried Schadow (1764-1850) learned sculpture under the Prussian art sculptor Jean-Pierre-Antoine Tassaert. In 1788 he succeeded Tassaert as director of the royal school of sculpture in Berlin. His best know work is the Quadriga (1793) on the Brandenburger Tor
See illustration (p. )
74 cm high
Johann Gottfried Schadow (1764-1850) learned sculpture under the Prussian art sculptor Jean-Pierre-Antoine Tassaert. In 1788 he succeeded Tassaert as director of the royal school of sculpture in Berlin. His best know work is the Quadriga (1793) on the Brandenburger Tor
See illustration (p. )