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),…

Pio Fedi – Rape of Polyxena

Pio Fedi (1816 Viterbo -1892 Florence) Rape of Polyxena 1855 ca. sketch model in terracotta for the Loggia dei Lanzi group in Florence, mounted on a wooden pedestal with reliefs in black lacquered plaster, 41.5 high, base 62.5 cm Galleria d’Arte Moderna, Palazzo Pitti, Florence