Joseph Mattersberger (1754 Windisch-Matrei/East Tyrol - 1825 Wroclaw) attr; Artemis Bronze, dark brown patina. Foundry mark. Cast 20th century, Lauchhammer art foundry. The only known example of the classicist statue; the iron cast created for Wolkenburg Castle at the end of the 18th century has been lost. Artemis strides on a rectangular plinth in a knee-length robe as the goddess of hunting and the forest, holding the figure of a small doe with her left arm and a bunch of grapes in her right hand. Mattersberger studied with Johann Baptist Hagenauer in Salzburg and Joseph Bergler the Elder in Passau from 1767 to 1778; he then spent six years in northern Italy, particularly in Milan with Giovanni Franchi, to deepen his artistic training. In Italy, Mattersberger achieved his first successes with series of statues. In 1784, he went to Dresden and entered the service of Count Carl von Einsiedel, owner of the iron foundry in Lauchhammer. Together with Thaddäus Ignatius Wiskotschill, he developed a process for producing large cast iron sculptures using the lost wax technique, including statues for the park of Wolkenburg Castle, the Count's residence. Mattersberger influenced the artistic development of classical iron casting in Lauchhammer. H. 125 cm. Attributed to Joseph Mattersberger (1754 - 1825). Foundry mark. Dark patinated bronze 20th C. cast, executed by the Lauchhammer foundry. Only one cast is known.