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Sleeping Beauty
Frans Stracké, 1867
Few Dutch sculptors risked depicting romantic themes in the 19th century. Stracké’s Sleeping Beauty is, therefore, quite exceptional. He captured the fairy-tale princess in her deep, 100-year sleep, after she had pricked her finger on an enchanted spindle. She is rendered so realistically that the statue seems alive, as if she could awaken any moment.
- Artwork typesculpture
- Object numberBK-2016-2
- Dimensionsheight 70 cm x width 57 cm x depth 39 cm
- Physical characteristicsCarrara marmer