Nehushtan - the first recorded antique meaning a "brazen serpent" made by Moses.
Description
Martin Goetze (German, 1865-1910)
"Arbeit Kront". (The Crowning Glory of Work (Labor)). Bronze set on a mutton fat marble base, signed in the base, also marked on the side of the base by the foundry "Akt.Ges.v.H.Gladenbeck a Sohn Berlin D486". A woman crowned with a laurel wreath holds a sprig of laurel over a seated laborer wearing a leather apron on an anvil holding a sledgehammer. Flowers adorn the side of the anvil. Overall the sculpture measures approx. 20"H x 10" x 7". The marble base is 1-3/4"H.
Condition: Patina is slightly rubbed in some areas, but is very nice. Marble base has a chip on one corner.
Martin Goetze signed Bronze
Period: 19th Century
Composition: Bronze
Condition: Patina is slightly rubbed in some areas, but is very nice. Marble base has a chip on one corner
Note: Martin Goetze (German, 1865-1910)
Size: Overall the sculpture measures approx. 20"H x 10" x 7". The marble base is 1-3/4"H.
