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Cherub Bringing Clay (One of Ten Plaster Casts Depicting Scenes of Pottery from the Relief Frieze on the House of Arnold Böcklin's Brother, the Master Potter Walter Böcklin)
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About this work
The plaster casts (Inv. P 6.1 – P 6.10) were taken from the terracotta reliefs that adorned the house of Walter Böcklin, the brother of Arnold Böcklin, in Clarastrasse 17 in Basel as a frieze. The reliefs depict putti illustrating scenes from a pottery workshop. The representations were presumably created in collaboration by the two brothers. It is assumed that the motifs were designed by Walter Böcklin, a master potter (Korte 1906).
Kunstmuseum Basel’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit linePutto den Lehm herbeibringend (einer von zehn Gipsabgüssen mit Szenen der Hafnerei aus dem Relieffries am Hause von Arnold Böcklins Bruder, dem Töpfermeister Walter Böcklin). 1866/71. Arnold Böcklin (1827–1901). Kunstmuseum Basel, Ankauf. Public domain.
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