!!!Jüngling vom Magdalensberg

Juengling vom Magdalensberg (youth of Magdalensberg), life-sized 
bronze statue in the classical collection of the Kunsthistorisches 
Museum in Vienna, until 1986 believed to be the Roman original found 
in 1502 at Magdalensberg (formerly Helenenberg) in Carinthia, with a 
dedication - according to the inscription on the right thigh - by two 
released prisoners of the first century B.C. However, according to 
information first published in 1986, the Vienna statue is actually a 
copy made during the Renaissance; the original was probably 
transported to Spain in the 16%%sup th/%  century and was lost.

!Literature
K. Gschwantler, Der Juengling vom Magdalensberg, in: Akten 
der 9. Tagung ueber antike Bronzen, 1986 (1988); idem, Der Juengling 
vom Magdalensberg in Aranjuez. Die Suche nach dem verschollenen 
Original, Jahrbuch der kunsthistorischen Sammlungen 89/90, 1993/1994.


%%language
[Back to the Austrian Version|AEIOU/Jüngling_vom_Magdalensberg|class='wikipage austrian']
%%

[{FreezeArticle author='AEIOU' template='Lexikon_1995_englisch'}]
[{ALLOW view All}][{ALLOW comment All}][{ALLOW edit FreezeAdmin}]