Johan Tobias Sergel

Johan Tobias Sergel

Johan Tobias Sergel (September 7, 1740 - February 26, 1814), Swedish sculptor, was born in Stockholm.

After studying for some time in Paris he went to Rome, where he remained for twelve years and sculptured a number of groups in marble, including, besides subjects from classical mythology, a colossal representation of "History," in which are depicted the achievements of Gustav II Adolf before the Chancellor Oxenstierna.

It was in Rome also that he modelled the statue of Gustav III, subsequently cast in bronze and purchased by the city of Stockholm in 1796.

While primarily a sculptor, Sergel (inspired by English artists like Thomas Rowlandson) also drew several sequential picture stories, considered by many as one of the early forms of comics.

Sergel returned to Stockholm in 1779 and continued to produce his works there. Among them are a tomb for Gustav Vasa, a monument to Descartes, and a large relief in the church of St Clarens in Stockholm, representing the Resurrection. He was an important part of the artisticall elite in Stockholm and had a relationship with the celebrated actress Fredrique Löwen and was possibly the father of one of her children.

He died in his native city on the 26th of February 1814.----


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