10000636 Mathilda Among other things

Among other things

Since it was frowned upon at that time to use fresh flowers as decorations at the table since they might wither during the meal

indem sie ihren Figuren zu einer naturgetreuen Darstellung und einzigartigen Farbenpracht auch einen eigenwilligen Charakter verliehen

The rich details of the figures find subtle expression through the silky matt surface

Ernst Andreas Rauch

10000636 Mathilda Among other thingsIn the same year as the inauguration of the world famous Bavaria statue on the Theresienhhe in Munich, her twenty centimetre tall porcelain sister emerged from the kiln of the master workshops in Nymphenburg. Ludwig Michael von Schwanthaler, one of the principal masters of classical sculpture in Southern Germany, was responsible for the elaboration of both designs. He consciously dressed the secular patron saint of Bavaria in Germanic fashion in a