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Carl Johann Steinhäuser (1813-79)
The Siren signed & dated 1841
Marble | 91.4 x 111.8 x 47.0 cm (excluding base/stand) | RCIN 2040
Grand Entrance & Marble Hall, Buckingham Palace
Carl Johann Steinhäuser (1813-79)
The Siren signed & dated 1841
Carl Johann Steinhäuser (1813-79)
The Siren signed & dated 1841
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Full length marble statue of a seated Siren playing a lyre. Statues of classicist mythological subjects like this Siren playing the lyre were fashionable in the nineteenth century. In Rome, Steinhausser had worked as an assistant in the studio of the famous Danish neoclassical sculptor Bertel Thordvalsen, whose influence can be appreciated in this work.
Provenance
This sculpture was acquired for Buckingham Palace in the early years of Queen Victoria's reign.
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Marble
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91.4 x 111.8 x 47.0 cm (excluding base/stand)
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