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 marble

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