Allegorical figure 'Sedina'
Ludwig Manzel (Kagendorf 1858 - Berlin 1936)
Lot-No. 224
Starting Bid: 2.500 €
Around 1900. Bronze, golden brown patinated. Figure: H. 48 cm, marble base: H. 3 cm. Signed L. Manzel. Slight traces of oxidation, attachment to the base loose. The female figure of the 'Sedina', shouldering a sail and holding a ship's anchor, embodies the city of Stettin. As a large sculpture, it was part of the so-called 'Manzelbrunnen', a monumental fountain in Stettin on the square in front of the New Town Hall, which was melted down in 1942 for armament purposes - German sculptor, trained at the Berlin Academy of Art under Albert Wolff and Fritz Schaper, after a longer stay in Paris from 1889 in his own studio in Berlin, received numerous commissions in the public sphere through his friendship with Kaiser Wilhelm II. Lit.: Vollmer vol. 24
Ludwig Manzel: Allegorical figure 'Sedina'
Ludwig Manzel (Kagendorf 1858 - Berlin 1936)
Allegorical figure 'Sedina'
Lot-No. 224
Starting Bid: 2.500 €
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| Date: | Around 1900 |
| Technique: | Bronze, golden brown patinated |
| Dimensions: | Figure: H. 48 cm, marble base: H. 3 cm |
| Mark/Notation: | Signed L. Manzel |
| Condition: | Slight traces of oxidation, attachment to the base loose |
| Description: | The female figure of the 'Sedina', shouldering a sail and holding a ship's anchor, embodies the city of Stettin. As a large sculpture, it was part of the so-called 'Manzelbrunnen', a monumental fountain in Stettin on the square in front of the New Town Hall, which was melted down in 1942 for armament purposes |
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German sculptor, trained at the Berlin Academy of Art under Albert Wolff and Fritz Schaper, after a longer stay in Paris from 1889 in his own studio in Berlin, received numerous commissions in the public sphere through his friendship with Kaiser Wilhelm II. Lit.: Vollmer vol. 24
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