by 1966
Private Dealer, sold to the Heim Gallery, by 1966.
by 1966 - 1982
Heim Gallery (London), sold to the J. Paul Getty Museum, 1982.
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Currently on view at: Getty Center, Museum East Pavilion, Gallery E103
Bust of Winter
Paul Heermann (German, 1673 - 1732)
German
first third of 18th century
Marble
82.SA.10
65.1 × 63.5 × 33.7 cm (25 5/8 × 25 × 13 1/4 in.)
Shrouded in a heavy hooded cloak, an elderly man looks down with a deeply furrowed brow. As a personification of winter, the
This bust was probably part of a series of sculptures
Private Dealer, sold to the Heim Gallery, by 1966.
Heim Gallery (London), sold to the J. Paul Getty Museum, 1982.
Heim Gallery, London. Aspects of French Academic Art, 1680 1780. June 10 August 26, 1977, unpaginated, lot 24, ill.
Schmidt, Eike D. Paul Heermann (1673-1732): Meister der Barockskulptur in Böhmen und Sachsen: Neue Aspekte seines Schaffens (Munich: Sascha Mehringer, 2005), pp. 26, 28, 67, ill.
Bialonowska, Magdalena. Andrzej Stanislaw Ciechanowiecki. Kolekcjoner, marszand i mecenas (Lublin: Towarzystwo Naukowe KUL, 2012), p. 156.
Education Resource | Subjects | Grades | Format |
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In this lesson plan students consider symbolic forms and sketch their own designs for a symbolic sculpture. | Visual Arts | 9-12 | Single Class Lesson |
In this lesson students evaluate their own sketches, choose a final design, and create their own symbolic sculpture. | Visual Arts | 9-12 | Three/Five-Part Lesson |
In this lesson Students participate in a class critique of the symbolic sculptures they created. | Visual Arts | 9-12 | Single Class Lesson |