Ladislav Šaloun (1870-1946)

RABBI LÖW

c. 1910-1913
Patinated bronze on a period wooden base, height of the sculpture 93 cm, total height with base 166 cm. The sculptures of Rabbi Löw ben Bezalel and the Iron Knight were created by Ladislav Šaloun for the corner niches of the New Town Hall on Mariánské Square in Prague (the stone versions were executed by the sculptor Eduard Zvelebil in 1914). Cf.: L. Uhlíř, Ladislav Šaloun a jeho dílo, Prague 1930, fig. XII. A. Primusová, Šaloun – Dotek osudu. Sochařská pozůstalost Ladislava Šalouna ve sbírkách GASK, Kutná Hora 2018, pp. 112–113.