Boy

Inscribed and dated on the plinth (reverse): "G MINNE 98"; illegible stamp on the side; stamp "LMM" (gallery signet La Maison Moderne) on the side; on the underside of the plinth, adhesive label of the museum, inscribed in typewritten form with "George Minne / Knabe 1898 / Geschenk Stichweh, Han. / Kunstfreunde Kf. 1". Alternative titles: "Verwundete", "Verwundenes Kind", "Die Wunde", "Der kleine Verwundete", "De kleine gekwetste II", "Le petit blessé". The figure belonged to the artist's successful works, numerous versions in bronze and marble were published and distributed by La Maison Moderne in 1901ff. and can be traced in various collections and museums today. The above-mentioned example is not listed in Rossi-Schrimpf 2012 and is not identical with a Minne figure in the Esche Collection, Leipzig.