Statuette "Arms Dealer"

Viennese bronze as a stylistic concept came into scientific use in the middle of the 19th century. The vivid skill of Viennese artists, the precision in the execution of details - all this made the world appreciate her highly and served as the beginning of collecting these small masterpieces of decorative and applied art. Subjects for small sculptural plastics and miniature multi-figure compositions were taken directly from life. For example, the construction of the Suez Canal in Egypt, which ended in 1869, made oriental themes fashionable. The Western world discovered the East, and exotic characters quickly gained popularity among a wide range of people.