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Ferdinand Schlöth
Lukas Ferdinand Schlöth (25 January 1818, Basel - 2 August 1891, Lutzenberg) was a Swiss sculptor in the late Classical style. Life and work He was born in Basel to Heinrich Ludwig Schlöth and Maria Salome Treu as the sixth of ten children.Stefan Hess, Tomas Lochman (Eds.), p.22 His father was locksmith from Berlin and became a citizen of Binningen in 1809 and of Basel in 1820. In Basel he established a workshop as a blacksmith beside the Birsig. Following an apprenticeship with his father, he was employed in his shop for several years. When his father died in 1839, he took over the workshop and operated it together with his older brother, Friedrich Ludwig. During this time, he also took drawing lessons from Hieronymus HessStefan Hess, Tomas Lochman (Eds.), p.80 and studied modeling with the sculptor . With twenty-five years of age, in 1843, he decided to study sculpture in Rome. By 1847, he opened his own studio there. One of his teachers was probably his fellow Swiss e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Ferdinand is a Germanic name composed of the elements "protection", "peace" (PIE "to love, to make peace") or alternatively "journey, travel", Proto-Germanic , abstract noun from root "to fare, travel" (PIE , "to lead, pass over"), and "courage" or "ready, prepared" related to Old High German "to risk, venture." The name was adopted in Romance languages from its use in the Visigothic Kingdom. It is reconstructed as either Gothic language, Gothic or . It became popular in German-speaking Europe only from the 16th century, with House of Habsburg, Habsburg rule Habsburg Spain, over Spain. Variants of the name include , , , and in Spanish language, Spanish, in Catalan language, Catalan, and and in Portuguese language, Portuguese. The French language, French forms are , ''Fernand (other), Fernand'', and , and it is ''Ferdinando (other), Ferdinando'' and in Italian language, Italian. In Hungarian language, Hungarian both and are used equally. The Dut ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
