Two Patinated Sculptures of Goethe and Schiller

Two Patinated Sculptures of Goethe and Schiller
Two Patinated Sculptures of Goethe and Schiller
Heavy cast sculptures with warm bronze patination, depicting representatives of German Weimar classicism - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and his friend Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller.
Names cast in metal on round bases. Unmarked.
Size 18 in. H.

6245588 names cast in metal on round bases.Unmarked. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832) was a German writer and statesman. His works include four novels; epic and lyric poetry; prose and verse dramas; memoirs; an autobiography; literary and aesthetic criticism; and treatises on botany, anatomy, and color. In addition, there are numerous literary and scientific fragments, more than 10,000 letters, and nearly 3,000 drawings by him extant. Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller (1759-1805) was a German poet, philosopher, physician, historian, and playwright. During the last seventeen years of his life (1788–1805), Schiller struck up a productive, if complicated, friendship with the already famous and influential Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. They frequently discussed issues concerning aesthetics, and Schiller encouraged Goethe to finish works he left as sketches. This relationship and these discussions led to a period now referred to as Weimar Classicism. They also worked together on Xenien, a collection of short satirical poems in which both Schiller and Goethe challenge opponents to their philosophical vision