deer and robins enjoy the highest levels of sympathy both nationally and internationally

The colourful birds adorn the courtyard of the botanical garden and numerous other public spaces in Munich to this day

a virtuoso with the peculiarities of the material

The richness of detail in the figures is expressed through all the subtleties of the velvety matt surface

handpainted ruler and two paperweights for incoming and outgoing mail

10000832 Hermann Gradl deer and robins enjoy theThe international career of the Nymphenburg animal figures was initiated at the beginning of the 20th century. Artists such as Theodor Krner, Josef Wackerle, August Ghring and Luise Terletzki Scherf shaped the unmistakable style of the manufactory the first giving their figures a lifelike representation while Scherf created animals with an idiosyncratic character and unique colours. Today the Nymphenburg range includes over 700 animal figurines. To be