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Der dumme Junge von Meissen [The stupid boy of Meissen]

Lost Art-ID

529398

Artist / Creator

Aurich, Oscar

Birth

1877.10.08, Neukirchen (Erzgebirge)

Death

1968.11, Dresden

Place of activity

Dresden

Title

Der dumme Junge von Meissen [The stupid boy of Meissen]

Dating

1900/1905

Object type

Sculpture

Group of reported objects

Sculpture

Material / Technique

Metal (Bronze) / cast

Height

35.50 cm

Inventory number

ZV 2154

Description

The boy wears a towel around his waist with a wide belt, (2?) geese hanging from this. On his feet he has high boots with foldover. The hair is cut off above the forehead and falls to the ears. The eyes and the opened mouth give him a fatuous appearance.

Titled on the base: "Der dumme Junge von Meissen" [The stupid boy of Meissen]

Provenance

Acquired by the Academic Council in 1904 from the competition for cabinet and small sculpture and transferred to the K. Skulpturensammlung for installation on April 6, 1904 Inventory ZV 458-2814 (1886-1919/20). Loaned to the Dresden Ministry of Justice on March 21, 1929. Not recorded in the 1950 inventory list.

Literature / Source

Literatur | Literaure:

Berichte aus den Königlichen Sammlungen 1904, S. 3 (rechts).

Published since

23.09.2015