Stock No.12134
A life size bronze of the self proclaimed knight-errant Don Quixote of La Mancha who with his squire, Sancho Panza was the inveterate tilter at windmills. He was the creation of the early 17th century author Miguel de Cervantes.
Sculptor: Fredy Balthazar Stoll(1869-1949).
Early 20th century.
Fredy Balthazar Stoll, was born in Switzerland in 1869, but later settled in Paris, becoming the pupil of Auguste Rodin. He exhibited regularly at the Salon des Artistes Français and was well regarded for his sensitive depictions of the human form. Mobilized during the First World War, he was taken prisoner in the Grafenwöhr camp (Germany), where in 1917 he created a moving monument to the prisoners of war, now in the Sarrebourg national cemetery (Moselle). After the war, he created several monuments to the dead in France.
Listed Price: £9,500 (+VAT where applicable)
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26 13⁄16"
68 cms |
39 13⁄16"
101 cms |
18 7⁄8"
48 cms |
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