Ernst Julius Hähnel

Ernst Hähnel

Ernst Julius Hähnel (born 9 March 1811 in Dresden; died 22 May 1891) was a German sculptor.

Biography

He studied architecture under Rietschel in Dresden, and under Schwanthaler in Munich, and sculpture at Rome and Florence. In 1835 he went to Munich, and in 1848 became professor at the Dresden Academy of Fine Arts. In 1855 he was invited to the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, where he was a successful teacher.

Works

Among his best works are a statue of Beethoven at Rome, and a Madonna. The bas-reliefs in the museum at Dresden are also his work. These were followed by the “Four Evangelists,” and the “Three Holy Kings,” of colossal size, for the tower at Neustadt-Dresden (1858), and the tomb of King Frederick Augustus II of Saxony (1866). He is remembered as the sculptor of the Beethoven Monument, Bonn.

References

•  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: "Hähnel, Ernst Julius". The American Cyclopædia. 1879.