Figure embodying the element "Silver"

3D Model

3D scan of a figure holding a pitcher made of silver, that is part of the architecture in Hall 6 of NHM Vienna, representing the chemical element Silver (Ag). Silver is one of the percious metals and is a soft and pliable metal with a relatively low melting point and that means it can be hammered and moulded easily into different shapes. All figures in Hall 6 at the NHM Vienna were created by the Austrian sculptor Edmund Hofmann von Aspernburg (1847-1930).

Object: Male figure holding a silver pitcher

Collection: Natural History Museum Vienna (contact: Stefanie Jovanović-Kruspel)

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Scanned and edited by V. Winkler & A. Haider (NHMW)

Scanner: Artec Leo.

Contribution to the digitization project „Einsichten in die gesellschaftspolitische Dimension des NHMW über die Jahrhunderte von der Prägung des Wissenschafts-Verständnisses bis zum Nationalpark in der Lobau“ funded by the BMWKMS