Paul Egell

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Paul Egell

German sculptor

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contribution to Baroque sculpture

In Western sculpture: Central Europe
Paul Egell was a pupil of Permoser in Dresden at the time of the Zwinger decorations, and in 1721 he was appointed court sculptor at Mannheim. Egell’s elongated and refined Baroque figures were an effective counter to the Classicism of Donner, and his personality was…
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