A Huntsman
Statuette
1750-1775 (made)
1750-1775 (made)
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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
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Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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Title | A 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. |
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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. |
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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 |
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Accession number | A.38:1-1953 |
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Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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