Plaster. Signed/titled/dated: "1831", in the base inventory plaque "Museum Schloß Burg". H 53 cm.

Noble face of the prince. Some chipping, painted over younger.

F. Woltreck to be possibly a natural son of Duke Leopold III of Anhalt-Dessau. Pupil of Werner Henschel in Kassel and of d'Angers in Paris. Since 1830 in Germany (Berlin, Munich), numerous travels. Woltreck's aim was to create a collection of portraits of famous contemporaries in bronze for the library hall of Wörlitz Palace; however, the majority were only executed in plaster.

Literature : Thieme/Becker.

Provenance : Princely House of Reuss ä.L.