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Description
‘Otto von Bismarck’
Biography: Fritz Schaper
Large bust (76 cm high) of Otto von Bismarck, the greatest European statesman from the 19th century:
‘Not by speeches and votes of the majority, are the great questions of the time decided, but by iron and blood’
(‘Nicht durch Reden und Majoritätsbeschlüsse werden die großen Fragen der Zeit entschieden, sondern durch Eisen und Blut’).
A similar cast by Fritz Schaper (54 cm high) is in the possession of the Museum of Applied Art in Sydney. https://collection.maas.museum/object/182857
| – condition | : II excellent condition |
| – size | : life-size; height 76 cm, width 58 cm |
| – signed | : in the neck: ‘F. SCHAPER März 85’ |
| – type | : zinc, bronzed |
| – weight | : 22 kg (48.4 lbs) |
| – misc. | : signed at the foot: Guss H. Gladenbeck u Sohn |
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