Viardot, Louis, 1800-1883 · New York, Scribner, Armstrong, and Company · leaf 287
es sur-rounding it, this Jason appears an incomparablemasterpiece. At the same time, but at Berlin, Christian Rauch(1777—1857) not only opened a studio, he foundeda school. The work which placed him at once atthe head of all the sculptors of Germany, is thetomb at Charlottenburg, of Louisa, called… … Fig. 50.—Bronze monument erected to the memory of Frederick theGreat. By Christian Ranch. (Berlin.) GERMAN SCULPTUHE. 257 This queen was his benefactress ; she removedhim from the obscurity of the palace, and sent himto Rome, where he made rapid progress in his artunder the enlightened guidance of…
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