“Tölzer Schütz”
“Tölzer Schütz”
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01.811
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Hand painted
With the opening of the Alps to tourists in the 19th century, the traditional inhabitants, with their fine garb, also became a subject of artistic interest. This 24-centimetre-tall Tölz Rifleman by Resl Schröder-Lechner from 1937 is among the Manufactory’s accurate designs in every detail. The sculptress primarily based her painting of down-to-earth, rural types on real historical clothing. And although today, frack coats have only half as many buttons, the mountain rifleman’s outfit remains virtually unchanged to this day.