Asta Bidspirit | Julius Troschel

Julius Troschel - The Sleeping Spinner, 1840plaster sculpture, cm. 100x100x70 approximately (right hand fingers missing)Date, place and signature between the back legs of the chair: 1840 Rome on the 22nd of September made by TroschelThe plaster represents the sketch from which Troschel created two white marble versions: the first commissioned by Prince Albert in 1845 and given to Queen Victoria on her birthday, 24 May 1849 (Osborne House, Isle of Wight); the second performed for Friedrich Wilhelm IV in 1859 (Potsdam, Orangerie Palace).