AN ITALIAN GILT-BRONZE MODEL OF TRAJAN'S COLUMN

This model is very much along the lines of those cast by Wilhelm Hopfgarten and Benjamin Jollage, which are always unsigned. The Prussians preferred to render their models as they appeared in antiquity. Thus, Trajan’s Column is topped by Trajan, rather than his replacement, St. Peter. As well, the chiseled Latin inscription over the doorway is similar to the manner of inscriptions seen in other examples by the firm, including the large, patinated bronze model of the Equestrian Statue of Marcus Aurelius.