Emil Wolff

Emil Wolff (1802–1879) was a 19th-century German sculptor and occasional artist in oil paints.

From 1815 he studied at the Prussian Academy of Arts in Berlin.

He won a scholarship to study in Rome in 1822 under Bertel Thorwaldsen.

[1] In 1854 King Friedrich Wilhelm IV purchased "Najade" for erection at Sanssouci.

His maternal uncle was the sculptor Johann Gottfried Schadow.

Emil Wolff, self-portrait 1828
Thomas Fowell Buxten by Emil Wolff 1839, Albertinum , Dresden
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