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Johann Heinrich von Dannecker

ca. 1789

Medium

Terracotta

Tags

Women

Dimensions

28 1/2 × 18 × 13 1/2 in. (72.4 × 45.7 × 34.3 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of Paul E. Manheim, 1969

Classification

Sculpture

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Culture

German, Stuttgart

Rights

Public Domain

About Johann Heinrich von Dannecker

1758–1841 • Kingdom of Württemberg

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