Die Freiheit
Medium
Gips, rot patiniert
Dimensions
H: 51 cm
Classification
Giebelfigur
Department
Belvedere Collection
Museum
Belvedere
Credit
Belvedere, Vienna
Accession Number
2294
About this artwork
Modell für eine Giebelfigur des Palais Fries (heute Palais Pallavicini) am Josefsplatz in Wien.
Art Historical Context
**Die Freiheit (Liberty)** by Franz Anton Zauner (3) is a captivating plaster model, red-patinated to evoke the warmth of terracotta, standing at 51 cm tall. Housed in the Belvedere Collection in Vienna, this *Giebelfigur* (pediment figure) served as a preparatory maquette for a grand architectural sculpture. Zauner, a prominent Austrian neoclassical sculptor active in the late 18th century, it with precise modeling that highlights his mastery of dynamic forms suited to public monuments. Commissioned as a model for the pediment of Palais Fries—today known as Palais Pallavicini—on Vienna's pre...