[7][8] This was Starkopf's first tombstone, and it was commissioned by Reinhold Arenschild, the Ambla parish clerk, in memory of his son.

However, while on vacation in Germany, Starkopf met the Dresden sculptor Hans Hartmann-McLean, who was no longer working at the time.

Therefore, Starkopf decided to model the intended tombstone figure and carve it in marble in Germany, from where it was later sent to Estonia.

[2][9] An urban legend says that Lothar Arenschild was the son of a baker or pharmacist, and that he died after eating too many raw poppy seeds.

[4][9][10] The marble sculpture depicts a reclining nude of a boy leaning on his right elbow.