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[+] 29 points 1 year ago (6 children)
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    The patience is what baffles me. I can't imagine taking so much time and precision

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    What else you're going to do in 1850?

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  • I'm not entirely sure, but I believe this was from an era when the artist typically never touched the stone or the tools himself (and rarely herself). Very skilled craftsmen did all the actual sculpting, under the direction of the artist. Source: Antiques Roadshow (possibly misremembered).

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