Bronzestatuette eines „Wilden Mannes“ Lot n° 476

Height: 21 cm. Total height with base: 25 cm. First half of the 16th century. Hercules with raised club in fur hair, so called "wild man", fable figure of heraldry. As usual for the figure type, with heavily furred body. Standing in contrapost, the right arm raised, holding a large club, the left hand presented, the fist punched for the former insertion of another attributive object. Bronze, full cast after the model of Paulus Vischer (c. 1498-1531). The figure of the same form, but in a slightly different version, can be found in the Bode Museum Berlin (inventory 8403, acquired 1929). The figure there differs in that a club is missing and the main hair has fewer large curling nubs. (1291247) (11) Bronze sculpture of a "wild man" Height: 21 cm. Total height including base: 25 cm. First half of the 16th century As is typical for this type of figure, the wild man is shown with a very hairy body. Bronze, solid casting after a model by Paulus Vischer (ca. 1498-1531). A figure of the same shape but in slightly different execution is held at the Bode Museum in Berlin (inventory no. 8403, purchased in 1929). The Bode sculpture differs in as much as it lacks a club and the head hair shows smaller curls.