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Ferdinand Graf von Attems

Graz 1746 - Graz 1820
Lawyer and politician, 1801-1820 Governor of Styria, co-founder and first curator of the Styrian Joanneum. Founder of the spa resort in Rohitsch-Sauerbrunn, now Rogaška Slatina, in 1803
(Wikisource)

Leopold Kiesling
1824

Rogaška Slatina / Ferdinand Graf von Attems

Description

Bronze bust.

Inscription(s)

FERDINAND
GROF ATTEMS

1746-1820

Signature

leopold kisling | fecit viennae | mdcccxxiv

Rogaška Slatina - Ferdinand Graf von Attems

Sculptor

Leopold Kiesling (or Kissling, Kißling) (Schöneben 1770 - Wien 1827), Austrian sculptor (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Občina Rogaška Slatina, Spomeniki.
Ministrstrvo za Kulturo, Register nepremične kulturne dediščine (dates the bust 1828).
Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Die dem Erzherzog Johann von Österreich gewidmeten Denkmäler in Slowenien (dates the bust 1824).

Locatie (N 46°14'15" - E 15°38'19") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: si022; Photograph: 7 September 2016
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