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DONNER, Georg Raphael: Apostle

🖼 Apostle, 1736
Oak-wood, stained, height 60 cm (without socle)
Budapest, Hungary

Silvery light models a draped figure in contemplative pose, rendered in austere marble with refined classical restraint. Donner's lead apostle demonstrates Austrian Baroque's shift toward intimate spirituality and neoclassical elegance, influencing Central European religious sculpture.

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E. H. Gombrich
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