A WHITE MARBLE GROUP 'THE BARBARIAN'

The Norweigan artist Sinding first carved this group in 1882. This was a breakthrough group for him which attracted the patronage of Dr.Carl Jacobsen over the following twenty-six years, most of these subsequent works were displayed in the NY Carlsberg Glyptothek, Copenhagen.
Comparative literature: Maximilian Rapsilber Stephan Sinding, berlin, 1910, the group illustrated on page 11.