A large figure 'Amor feeding nightingales'
Rudolf Hölbe (Lemgo 1848 - Dresden 1926)
Lot-No. 701
Proceeds : 5.200 €
Meissen, around 1900. Polychrome and gold painted figure of an angel sitting on a blooming snag. Thereupon a nest with nightingales, who he feeds. Beside him a Lyra with a ribbon inscribed 'Philomele'. Lab. on the back 'Hölbe. Dresden'. Crossed swords in u'glaze blue and inc. num. 'N195/96x'. Partly rest., min. chip. H. 41 cm. - German sculptor, studied in Leipzig and Dresden, since 1886 he produces mythological and historical sculptures, which have won several prices.
Rudolf Hölbe: A large figure 'Amor feeding nightingales'
Rudolf Hölbe (Lemgo 1848 - Dresden 1926)
A large figure 'Amor feeding nightingales'
Lot-No. 701
Proceeds : 5.200 €
Meissen, around 1900. Polychrome and gold painted figure of an angel sitting on a blooming snag. Thereupon a nest with nightingales, who he feeds. Beside him a Lyra with a ribbon inscribed 'Philomele'. Lab. on the back 'Hölbe. Dresden'. Crossed swords in u'glaze blue and inc. num. 'N195/96x'. Partly rest., min. chip. H. 41 cm. - German sculptor, studied in Leipzig and Dresden, since 1886 he produces mythological and historical sculptures, which have won several prices.
