Christian Daniel Rauch

1777 Arolsen-1857 Dresden,was a German sculptor. Rauch was born at Arolsen in the Principality of Waldeck. His parents were poor and unable to place him under efficient masters. His first instructor taught him little else than the art of sculpting gravestones, and Professor Ruhl of Kassel could not give him much more. A wider field of improvement opened up before him when he removed to Berlin in 1797; but he was obliged to earn a livelihood by becoming a royal lackey, and to practise his art in spare hours. Queen Louisa of Prussia, surprising him one day in the act of modeling her features in wax, sent him to study at the Academy of Art. Not long afterwards, in 1804, Count Sandrecky gave Rauch the means to complete his education at Rome, where Wilhelm von Humboldt, Antonio Canova and Bertel Thorvaldsen befriended him. Among other works, he executed bas-reliefs of "Hippolytus and Phaedra," "Mars and Venus wounded by Diomede," and a "Child praying." In 1811 Rauch was commissioned to execute a monument for Queen Louisa of Prussia.


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Christian Daniel Rauch Jason,Aided by Medea,Carrying off the Golden Fleece oil


Jason,Aided by Medea,Carrying off the Golden Fleece
Painting ID::  38556
Jason,Aided by Medea,Carrying off the Golden Fleece
mk138 maquette 1810 sculpture begun in 1818, unfinished Marble 128x140x21cm From the estate of the artist.
   
   
     

Christian Daniel Rauch Bertel Thorvaldsen oil


Bertel Thorvaldsen
Painting ID::  38558
Bertel Thorvaldsen
mk138 1816 Marble 72x45x35cm
mk138 1816 Marble 72x45x35cm
   
   
     

Christian Daniel Rauch Funerary Sculpture of Queen Luise of Prussia oil


Funerary Sculpture of Queen Luise of Prussia
Painting ID::  38559
Funerary Sculpture of Queen Luise of Prussia
mk138 1812-27 Marble 65x220x96cm
mk138 1812-27 Marble_65x220x96cm
   
   
     

Christian Daniel Rauch Seated Victory with Laurel Wreath oil


Seated Victory with Laurel Wreath
Painting ID::  38560
Seated Victory with Laurel Wreath
mk138 1838-45 Marble 223x106x90
mk138 1838-45 Marble_223x106x90
   
   
     

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     Christian Daniel Rauch
     1777 Arolsen-1857 Dresden,was a German sculptor. Rauch was born at Arolsen in the Principality of Waldeck. His parents were poor and unable to place him under efficient masters. His first instructor taught him little else than the art of sculpting gravestones, and Professor Ruhl of Kassel could not give him much more. A wider field of improvement opened up before him when he removed to Berlin in 1797; but he was obliged to earn a livelihood by becoming a royal lackey, and to practise his art in spare hours. Queen Louisa of Prussia, surprising him one day in the act of modeling her features in wax, sent him to study at the Academy of Art. Not long afterwards, in 1804, Count Sandrecky gave Rauch the means to complete his education at Rome, where Wilhelm von Humboldt, Antonio Canova and Bertel Thorvaldsen befriended him. Among other works, he executed bas-reliefs of "Hippolytus and Phaedra," "Mars and Venus wounded by Diomede," and a "Child praying." In 1811 Rauch was commissioned to execute a monument for Queen Louisa of Prussia.

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