Jochen Bauer: Sculpture 'The ride on the cannonball', art casting

'Out of sheer courage and eagerness to serve, and actually a bit rashly, I stood next to one of our biggest cannons, which was firing into the city, and when it was fired again, I jumped on the ball hissing out of the barrel! I wanted to fly into the fortress along with the bullet! However, my doubts grew during the whizzing flight. You'll get in easily, I thought, but how will you get out again? They'll recognise you as an enemy in your uniform and hang you on the nearest gallows! These thoughts made me very uneasy. And when a Turkish cannonball aimed at our camp flew past me, I swung myself over on it and arrived back at my hussars safe and sound, albeit without having achieved anything.'Hieronymus Carl Friedrich Freiherr von Münchhausen was born on his father's estate in Bodenwerder on 11 May 1720. After training and a career as an officer in the service of Tsarina Catherine the Great, he returned in 1750 to manage the fortunes of his estate. Even during his lifetime, he was praised as a brilliant, humorous storyteller. The 'Baron von Münchhausen' used to tell his friends about his travels and the wars he had actually taken part in over a good bottle - marvellous stories and amusing adventures on land and at sea. And, of course, they lied as much as they could... Puss in Boots, Hans in Luck, Baron von Münchhausen... and whatever they are all called: since childhood, when we first heard the fairy tales and stories, each of us has had a precise image of these characters in our minds. Artists are no different - not even the sculptors who have been commissioned by us to create their version of these childhood companions. We have the intricately crafted models of their childhood imaginations elaborately cast - these sculpture models are available exclusively from ars mundi. Sculpture in polymer art casting with bronzed surface. Size 9 x 23.5 x 10.5 cm (W/H/D). Weight 1150 g.