Ernst WENCK (1865-1929), Ejrene

Bronze, base - marble; height 84 cm.
Germany, Berlin, Hermann GLADENBECK und SOHN (foundry active since mid-19th century), pre-1929.
Standing on a sphere, half-naked woman, in a robe slipping below her hips - leaning forward, with her hand extended forward (originally she held an olive branch in it - now missing). On the sphere - the signature of the sculptor: "Ernst Wenck / Berlin" and the foundry: "AKT. GES. vorn H. GLADENBECK u. SOHN / BERLIN - FRIEDRICHSHAGEN". Lower the numeral "12". Base octagonal, profiled and cylindrical pedestal - of white-gray marble.
Ejrene - in Greek mythology the goddess of peace, pictured with an olive branch or horn of plenty. In Rome, her counterpart was the goddess Pax.
In European auction catalogs, the sculpture also appears as "Fortuna" or "Victoria."