BY CONSTANTIN DAUSCH, ROME, DATED 1885

Details

A German white marble figure of a Bacchante3on pedestal
By Constantin Dausch, Rome, dated 1885
Signed C. Dausch Roma 1885, on a cylindrical grey marble pedestal
The figure: 48½ in. (123 cm.) high; The pedestal: 45 in. (114.5 cm.) high (2)

Provenance

Anonymous Sale, Christie's New York, 10 October 2001, lot 334 ($58,750).

Lot Essay

Constantin Dausch (1841-1908) began his career as a stonemason at the town hall in Munich. He enrolled in the Munich Academy in 1869 though completed his studies in Rome, where he spent the remainder of his life. His first major success was a group of Samson and Delilah, which he exhibited at the International Exhibition in Vienna in 1873.

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