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Objekt 5

Napoleon on horseback

Description

The fact that Anton Sohn had a total of eight models - some additionally in different sizes - of Napoleon in his assortment shows the popularity of this personality, which was again highly topical in the 1830s.

Object description

Anton Sohn workshop, Zizenhausen near Stockach (Baden-Württemberg), mid-19th century.

Clay, molded in model, fired, painted

Inv. 1900.15. Gift Hans Burckhardt-Burckhardt, Basel.

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