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Anton van Wouw (1862-1945), by, Victor Van Hove (Belgian, 1826-1891), after, a dark patinated bronze, Esclave Après la Bastonnade, the base impressed Fond. Nisini, Roma, A. van Wouw, S.A. Joh-burg - 1907., 42cm wide
Anton van Wouw is well known for his portraits of the Shangaan, the indigenous people who lived in southern Mozambique and in the Northern Transvaal or Limpopo province of South Africa. He produced numerous small-scale sculptures, mainly of Boer and African figures, that were cast to order by the Giovanni Nisini and Galileo Massa foundries in Rome.
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