Leopold Kiesling – The Genius of the Arts
Leopold Kiesling (1770 Schönleben near Liebenau, Upper Austria – 1827 Vienna) The Genius of the Arts Unveiling Nature as Isis – Diana of Ephesus 1808-1809 marble with bronze inserts (attribuited to Wilhelm Hopfgarten and Benjamin Ludwig Jollage), high 140 cm provenance: Count Ferdinand Palffy de Erdoed (1774-1840), in 1821; Prince Johann II von Liechtenstein (1840-1929),…