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Max von Widnmann, "Gemeinschaftliche Lektüre" 1869/70, inscription Max Widnmann fecit on the side, green and brown patinated bronze, large-format depiction of Francesca da Rimini, probably with her husband Paolo Malatesta's stepbrother, reading a book together, symbolising the connection between the two people, who are accused of adultery in various traditions (the best known is probably Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy), for which she and her lover were murdered by her husband Giovanni Malatesta, in medieval dress on a small rectangular plinth, mounted on a dark brown stained wooden base, in very good condition according to age, bronze h 79 cm, total h 93 cm. Enclosed: Book "Maximilian von Widnmann - Leben und Werk", Anneliese-Senger-Stiftung, Munich 2019, the sculpture is mentioned on p. 168. Info: This sculpture can only be shipped with a forwarding agent. Artist information: actually Maximilian Widnmann, from 1887 Ritter von Widnmann German sculptor (1812-1895), studied in Munich at the Academy of Fine Arts under Prof. Konrad Eberhard and Prof. Ludwig Michael von Schwanthaler, travelled to Italy, then initially worked in one of Schwanthaler's workshops, then freelanced in Munich, received commissions from King Ludwig I and took over Schwanthaler's professorship at the Academy in 1848. Source: "Maximilian von Widnmann - Leben und Werk", Anneliese-Senger-Stiftung, Munich 2019, p. 10.

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Max von Widnmann, "Gemeinschaftliche Lektüre" 1869/70, inscription Max Widnmann fecit on the side, green and brown patinated bronze, large-format depiction of Francesca da Rimini, probably with her husband Paolo Malatesta's stepbrother, reading a book together, symbolising the connection between the two people, who are accused of adultery in various traditions (the best known is probably Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy), for which she and her lover were murdered by her husband Giovanni Malatesta, in medieval dress on a small rectangular plinth, mounted on a dark brown stained wooden base, in very good condition according to age, bronze h 79 cm, total h 93 cm. Enclosed: Book "Maximilian von Widnmann - Leben und Werk", Anneliese-Senger-Stiftung, Munich 2019, the sculpture is mentioned on p. 168. Info: This sculpture can only be shipped with a forwarding agent. Artist information: actually Maximilian Widnmann, from 1887 Ritter von Widnmann German sculptor (1812-1895), studied in Munich at the Academy of Fine Arts under Prof. Konrad Eberhard and Prof. Ludwig Michael von Schwanthaler, travelled to Italy, then initially worked in one of Schwanthaler's workshops, then freelanced in Munich, received commissions from King Ludwig I and took over Schwanthaler's professorship at the Academy in 1848. Source: "Maximilian von Widnmann - Leben und Werk", Anneliese-Senger-Stiftung, Munich 2019, p. 10.

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