Emil Wolff (1802–1879) was a 19th-century German sculptor and occasional artist in oil paints.
He is well-represented in galleries across Europe.
Life
He was born in Berlin on 2 March 1802. From 1815 he studied at the Prussian Academy of Arts in Berlin. He won a scholarship to study in Rome in 1822 under Bertel Thorwaldsen.[1]
In 1854 King Friedrich Wilhelm IV purchased "Najade" for erection at Sanssouci. This was removed in 1985 due to erosion but replaced with a replica in 2017.[2]
In 1865 he exhibited at the Dublin International Exhibition.[3]
He died in Rome on 29 September 1879.
Family
His maternal uncle was the sculptor Johann Gottfried Schadow.
Works
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- Midas as a Judge (1825)
- Charitas (1830)
- The Night (1830)
- Telephos suckled by the Doe
- Hebe and Ganymede (1834)
- Diana after the Hunt (1838)
- The Amazons
- Prometheus (1844)
- Jephtha and his Daughter (1858)
- Psyche after Amor's Escape
- Judith (1868)
- Bertel Thorwaldsen
- The Tambourine Beater
- Johann Winckelmann
- Barthold Georg Niebuhr
- Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
- Hermes
- Youthful Satyr
- Young Bacchus
References
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