Heinrich Waderé, Knight around 1900, signed on the plinth "Waderé", bronze dark patinated, depicting a knight in armor in battle pose, in his right hand his sword, on the other arm the shield with standing lion, on flat reddish marble plinth, very good condition, h bronze ca. 49 cm, h total ca. 50,5 cm. Artist info: actually Heinrich Maria Waderé, German sculptor and medalist as well as university lecturer (1865 Colmar/France to 1950 Munich), completed an apprenticeship in a carver's workshop, then studied at the Academy of Fine Arts Munich, among others under Syrius Eberle, Appointed professor of figural sculpture at the Academy of Applied Arts in Munich in 1900, exhibited there in the Glass Palace, among other places, close connection with the school of carving in Oberammergau, gained fame especially for medals and monuments in the neoclassical style. Source: Internet.