A BRONZE BUST OF PRINCESS LOUISE OF PRUSSIA
A BRONZE BUST OF PRINCESS LOUISE OF PRUSSIA

BY JOHANN GOTTFRIED SCHADOW, CIRCA 1795

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A BRONZE BUST OF PRINCESS LOUISE OF PRUSSIA
BY JOHANN GOTTFRIED SCHADOW, CIRCA 1795
On a marble and gilt-bronze plinth
14 1/8 in. (36 cm.) high

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Lot Essay

Compare the present bronze with the Prinzessinengruppe: Schadow's famous marble statue of Frederica and Louise, the daughters of Frederick Wilhelm of Prussia in the Nationalgalerie, Berlin, and for a discussion see Beate Christine Mirsch, Anmut und Schonheit: Schadows Prinzessinnengruppe und ihre Stellung in der Skulptur des Klassizismus, 1998, nos. 42 and 44.

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