Pastiche or fake? A 'Donatello' by Medardo Rosso: in 1894 the Royal Museums in Berlin bought a small bronze that was believed to have been cast from a wax model by Donatello. Volker Krahn reveals that it is in fact an exercise in renaissance pastiche by the great 19th-century Italian sculptor Medardo Rosso--or could he have made it to be sold as a fake?(Berlin, Germany)

Apollo | June 1, 2009| | Copyright

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One of the most famous small bronzes in Berlin's Skulpturensammlung is a statuette of David triumphing over Goliath (Figs 1 and 2). (1) Together with a number of other bronzes, it was acquired in 1894 by Wilhelm von Bode, director of the sculpture department in Berlin's Royal Museums, who more than any other scholar helped to establish the nucleus of works that was to form the basis of Berlin's collection of bronzes. He bought it for the not inconsiderable sum of 800 [pounds sterling] from Henry Pfungst, a former champagne dealer from Germany ...

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