Noble & Private Collections
Noble & Private Collections
The Property of a German Countess
Joseph von Kopf
The Lateran Sophocles
Lot closes
December 5, 04:02 PM GMT
Estimate
6,000 - 9,000 EUR
Starting Bid
5,500 EUR
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Description
Joseph von Kopf
German
1827 - 1903
After the Antique
The Lateran Sophocles
signed: Prof. KOPF, inscribed: Fond. Nelli. ROMA, and titled: SOFOCLE
bronze, mid-brown patina
138cm., 54 3/8 in.
The largely self-taught sculptor Joseph von Kopf was active in Würzburg and in Rome before settling in Baden-Baden. His oeuvre included busts and statues of German royalty, allegorical figures, as well as works after the antique such as the present large bronze, which was cast by the prestigious Nelli foundry in Rome.