The Encyclopedia Americana (1920)/Engelhard, Friedrich Wilhelm

ENGELHARD, Friedrich Wilhelm,, German sculptor and painter: b. Grünhagen, Prussia, 19 Sept 1813; d. 22 Jan. 1902. He studied at Hanover, at Copenhagen with Thorwaldsen and at Munich with Schwanthaler. He executed many groups, single figures and genre pieces. Among his creations are ‘Love on a Swan’; ‘Dancing Springtime’; ‘Slinger with Dog’; ‘Bacchus Conquering a Panther’; ‘Cupid and Psyche’; the frieze of the ‘Edda,’ his chief work; ‘A Child Fishing’; ‘A Child Threading a Needle’; statue of ‘St. Michael’; portrait medallion of Bismarck for the monument of Canossa, near Harzberg; ‘Christ Blessing Little Children’; and the legendary characters of Germany, ‘Odin,’ ‘Thor’ and the Valkyries.