AN AUSTRIAN BRONZE-PAINTED TERRACOTTA FIGURE OF NAPOLEON, after the model by Albert Dominique Rosé, by Friedrich Goldscheider, the Emperor shown seated in thoughtful mood, with a lamp to his side on a cloth-covered table, with shaped rectangular base with oak and mahogany plinth, the terracotta inscribed at the back, Rosé and impressed, 3776/56/2, FABRIQUE EN AUTRICHE and with the Goldscheider raised stamp for the years 1885-1897 (the lamp repaired), late 19th Century

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AN AUSTRIAN BRONZE-PAINTED TERRACOTTA FIGURE OF NAPOLEON, after the model by Albert Dominique Rosé, by Friedrich Goldscheider, the Emperor shown seated in thoughtful mood, with a lamp to his side on a cloth-covered table, with shaped rectangular base with oak and mahogany plinth, the terracotta inscribed at the back, Rosé and impressed, 3776/56/2, FABRIQUE EN AUTRICHE and with the Goldscheider raised stamp for the years 1885-1897 (the lamp repaired), late 19th Century
19in. (48.2cm.) wide; 27½in. (69.8cm.) high; 16¼in. (41cm.) deep

Literature

COMPARATIVE LITERATURE
W.Neuwirth, Wiener Keramik, Historismus, Jugendstil, Art Déco, Braunschweig, 1974.

Lot Essay

Albert Dominique Rosé was born in Amiens in 1861 and modelled works for production by Friedrich Goldscheider.

Friedrich Goldscheider was the founder of the Goldscheider firm operating in Vienna and ran the factory from it's beginning in 1885 to his death in 1897, whereupon his brother, Alois, and his wife Regina took over. Early production included terracotta busts and figures, mainly of Middle Eastern inspiration.

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