Sergel, Johan Tobias

(9/7/1740 Stockholm- 2/26/1814 Stockholm) (Sweden / Italy)

   Sculptor, engraver, and draughtsman. He studied drawing under Jean Rehn, modelling with Adrien Masreliez, apprenticed in the studio of PH Larcheveque, and studied at the Academie Royale de Peinture et Sculpture in Paris. Much of his work reflected his neo-classical training. His erotica consists of drawings which are sometimes humorous images.

   Reproductions: [Angels in copulation]; sepia drawing; Kronhausen, 1968: p. 101 . [Clock with phallic weights]; sepia drawing; Kronhausen, 1970c: p. 9 [B]. [Copulating couple]; sepia drawing; Kronhausen, 1968: 102 [B]. Ent-flammtes Liebespaar; Sommer, 1981: p. 20 [B]. Gior alla Ratt; sepia drawing; Kronhausen, 1970c: p. 9 [B]. [Lovers and cupid]; sepia drawing; Kro-nhausen, 1968: p. 100 [B]. [Man with many nude women]; sepia drawing; Kronhausen, 1970c: p. 8 [B]. [Nude couple at sex play]; watercolor; Kron-hausen, 1970c: p. 8 [B]. [Satyr copulating with woman]; sepia drawing; Kronhausen, 1968: p. 99 [B]. [Seated copulating couple]; sepia drawing; Kronhausen, 1968: p. 100 [B]. Venus and Anchises embracing; Lucie-Smith, 1972: p. 115 [B].

   [b]Source: Benezit, vol. 12: pp. 1009-1011; DoA vol. 28: pp. 461-463; ThB XXX 1936: p. 507.