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Provenance

Fritz von Frantzius (died 1917), Chicago, by 1912; by descent to his son, Peter von Frantzius (died 1968), Chicago; by descent to his daughter, Mrs. Louise Bronoski (née Louise von Frantzius), Park Ridge, Ill., by 1968; given by her to the Art Institute, 1987.

Publications

James William Pattison, “The Amazone of Franz von Stuck,” Fine Arts Journal XXVI, 5 (May 1912), pp. 312-15. Heinrich Voss, Franz von Stuck, 1863–1928: Werkkatalog der Gemälde (Munich: Prestel-Verlag, 1973). Franz von Stuck, 1863–1928: Maler-Graphiker-Bildhauer-Architekt (Museum Villa Stuck, 1982), no. 135. Carl Benno Heller, Jugendstil: Kunst um 1900 (Darmstadt: Roether, 1982), p. 281, n. 378. Annette Lettau, “Zur Plastik von Franz von Stuck,” Franz von Stuck, 1863–1928: Maler-Graphiker-Bildhauer-Architekt (Museum Villa Stuck, 1982), pp. 62-76. Christie’s, Nineteenth-Century European Paintings, Drawings, Watercolors, and Sculpture (October 26, 1988), lot 234. Christie’s, Nineteenth-Century European Paintings, Drawings, Watercolors, and Sculpture (October 24, 1990), lot 157. Eva Mendgen, Franz von Stuck, 1863–1928: Ein Fürst im Reiche der Kunst (Taschen, 1994), pp. 66-67. Barbara Hardtwig, Franz von Stuck: Die Sammlung des Museums Villa Stuck (Minevera, 1997), no. 55.

Data retrieved from the Art Institute of Chicago on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.

Quick Overview

Artist: Franz von Stuck (German, 1863–1928)
Date: Modeled 1897, cast after 1907
Medium: Bronze
Dimensions: 64.4 × 34 cm (22 3/8 × 13 3/8 in.)
Type: Sculpture
Classification: statuette
Style: nineteenth century
Place: Germany
Department: Painting and Sculpture of Europe
Credit line: Gift of Daniel and Louise Bronoski
Accession no.: 1987.319

Open-access museum record · AT-00001876