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As a young artist in 1850s Berlin, Elisabet Ney studied under the prominent sculptor Christian Daniel Rauch. Rauch introduced Ney to various luminaries of the city, including philologist Jacob Grimm, the elder of the two famed Brothers Grimm. Grimm sat for Ney to compose his portrait in 1856, after which she developed the piece until its completion in marble in 1858.: 18  The piece is now owned by the Elisabet Ney Museum in Austin, Texas, where Ney moved later in life.
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