The Saxon God 'Woden'
after John Michael Rysbrack (Antwerp 1684 – London 1770)
Category
Art / Sculpture
Date
1999
Materials
Stone
Collection
Stowe, Buckinghamshire
NT 91808
Summary
Stone sculpture, The Saxon God 'Woden', after John Michael Rysbrack (Antwerp 1694 – London 1770),1999. Wodin was one of the Saxon Deities. A modern cast taken from the original statue by Rysbrack of circa 1727, now residing at Howlett's Zoo. Rysbrack based the appearance of the Saxon Deities on engravings in 'A Restitution of Decayed Intelligence in Antiquities' by Richard Verstegen (1605).
Makers and roles
after John Michael Rysbrack (Antwerp 1684 – London 1770), sculptor