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A Huntsman

Statuette
1750-1775 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

This statuette seems to be a worked-up model for stone sculpture and may represent Actaeon, or possibly, Ganymede. The closest analogies for its style are from the Wolfgang Auwera / Peter Wagner workshop at Würzburg in the period 1750-65. The Viennese character of the head type and the relatively consequential musculature are consistent with the training of both Auwera (1708-1756) and Wagner (1730-1809) at the Academy of Vienna. The figure is distinct from the plumper and more rustic rococo of Dietz and also from the neo-classical turn of Wagner's later work.


Object details

Category
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Statuette
  • Bag of Framents
TitleA Huntsman (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Boxwood lacquered
Brief description
Statuette, lacquered boxwood, a Huntsman, South Germany (Würzburg), third quarter of the 18th century
Physical description
This is a most elegant figure.
Dimensions
  • Height: 33.17cm
Object history
From the Murray Bequest, 1953.
Historical context
This statuette seems to be a worked-up model for stone sculpture and may represent Actaeon, or possibly, Ganymede. The closest analogies for its style are from the Wolfgang Auwera / Peter Wagner workshop at Würzburg in the period 1750-65. The Viennese character of the head type and the relatively consequential musculature are consistent with the training of both Auwera (1708-1756) and Wagner (1730-1809) at the Academy of Vienna. The figure is distinct from the plumper and more rustic rococo of Dietz and also from the neo-classical turn of Wagner's later work.
Subject depicted
Summary
This statuette seems to be a worked-up model for stone sculpture and may represent Actaeon, or possibly, Ganymede. The closest analogies for its style are from the Wolfgang Auwera / Peter Wagner workshop at Würzburg in the period 1750-65. The Viennese character of the head type and the relatively consequential musculature are consistent with the training of both Auwera (1708-1756) and Wagner (1730-1809) at the Academy of Vienna. The figure is distinct from the plumper and more rustic rococo of Dietz and also from the neo-classical turn of Wagner's later work.
Bibliographic reference
Baxandall, Michael. German Wood Statuettes, London, 1967
Collection
Accession number
A.38:1-1953

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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