Bust in profile left beneath bound oak leaves.

Ernst Moritz Arndt (1769-1860), German Poet and Historian

Maker unknown, Germany

About 1860

  • Titles Ernst Moritz Arndt (1769-1860), German Poet and Historian (Descriptive)
  • Medium cast iron
  • Dimensions 5 3/8 x 3 3/4 in., 369g (13.7 x 9.5 cm, 0.4 kg)
  • Credit Line Gift of American Cast Iron Pipe Company, 1986.399
  • Work Type portrait medallion
  • Classification Medals

See More of the Collection

Cupid Sets Stone on Fire, Modeled after a relief (1831) by Bertel Thorwaldsen, Ilsenburg, cast iron
Oval blue jasper medallion with white relief profile portrait of Carl Wilhelm Scheele, with white relief laurel leaf self-frame
Ladies' cap-like hat of green and beige wool mohair on a tulle foundation and decorated with colorful feathers in red, yellow and black and cut "crystal" multi-colored beads.
Cupid, Royal Prussian Iron Foundry, Gleiwitz, cast iron