page_title: Antonio Isopi
section_title: Stag and lion , Isopi’s most famous work
hierarchical_section_title: Antonio Isopi / Stag and lion , Isopi’s most famous work
caption_attribution_description: Isopi's Monument "Hart"
context_page_description: Antonio Isopi was a Roman sculptor of Classicism mainly working at the court of the Dukes of Württemberg. Antonio Aloysius Petrus Isopi first lived and worked in his home city as a sculptor and soon specialized on restoring antique pieces of art. The iron cast Württemberg heraldic animals lion and hart – still to be seen in front of Stuttgart's New Castle – are one of his major works.
context_section_description: When, in 1806, Württemberg became a kingdom King Friedrich I commissioned his royal sculptor Isopi, who had been raised to knighthood, to create monumental sculptures of the two heraldic animals, stag and lion. New power required new demonstration of power. In a technically complicated procedure, after five years of experimenting and producing, Isopi, assisted by his pupil Ernst Mayer, succeeded in creating two huge sculptures, which were to be placed in front of the royal castle. It was a piece of pioneer work in iron casting.
caption: Stag
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