
Nette Megens
Head of Department, Director
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Head of Department, Director

Department Director

Head of Sale
Provenance:
American Private Collection
The modeller Heinrich Schwabe (1847-1924) was born in Wiesbaden and studied sculpture at the Kunstgewerbeschule [School for Applied Arts] in Nuremberg, where he later became a professor. By 1899, the Meissen factory had bought 48 of his models, mostly busts and putti. This figure, together with the companion figure representing 'Night', was modelled between 1877-90 and produced in two sizes (35cm and 51cm); see T. Bergmann, The Art of Meissen Figures (2010), p. 80.