{"id":20455,"date":"2025-11-04T11:55:37","date_gmt":"2025-11-04T16:55:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiqueref.com\/?page_id=20455"},"modified":"2026-03-25T11:04:37","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T15:04:37","slug":"rudolf-holbe","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/antiqueref.com\/index.php\/meissen\/rudolf-holbe\/","title":{"rendered":"Rudolf H\u00f6lbe (1848-1926)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>German sculptor listed in Meissen records as one of the \u201cmodelers of historicism\u201d in late 19th-century period of the factory\u2019s historicist revival and reinterpretation of earlier styles. Meissen acquired 7 of his models (all shown below). H\u00f6lbe had studied at the Baugewerbeschule in Holzminden and the Kunstakademie Leipzig.&nbsp;From 1871 until 1883, a student and collaborator with the sculptor Johannes Schilling (1828-1910) in Dresden working on a variety of large-scale sculptural programs in Dresden, and gaining valuable experience in architectural and monumental sculpture. Set out on his own in 1883.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><em>As leading experts on antique Meissen porcelain, we provide FREE online appraisals and help with selling Meissen figures.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/antiqueref.com\/index.php\/contact-us\/\"><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#046694\" class=\"has-inline-color\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">CONTACT US<\/span><\/mark><\/strong><\/a>. We\u2019ll be glad to assist<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:8px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/antiqueref.com\/index.php\/meissen\/model-numbers\/n\/meissen-n195-figure-cupid-feeding-nightingales\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1250\" height=\"1875\" src=\"https:\/\/antiqueref.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Meissen-N195-figure-Cupid-feeding-nightingales.jpeg\" alt=\"Meissen N195 Figure Cupid Feeding Nightingales\" class=\"wp-image-25582\" srcset=\"https:\/\/antiqueref.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Meissen-N195-figure-Cupid-feeding-nightingales.jpeg 1250w, https:\/\/antiqueref.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Meissen-N195-figure-Cupid-feeding-nightingales-667x1000.jpeg 667w, https:\/\/antiqueref.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Meissen-N195-figure-Cupid-feeding-nightingales-683x1024.jpeg 683w, https:\/\/antiqueref.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Meissen-N195-figure-Cupid-feeding-nightingales-768x1152.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/antiqueref.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Meissen-N195-figure-Cupid-feeding-nightingales-1024x1536.jpeg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1250px) 100vw, 1250px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">N195 &#8211; Cupid<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/antiqueref.com\/index.php\/meissen\/model-numbers\/n\/meissen-n196-figure-of-psyche\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/antiqueref.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Meissen-N196-figure-of-Psyche-683x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"Meissen N196 Figure Of Psyche\" class=\"wp-image-25580\" srcset=\"https:\/\/antiqueref.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Meissen-N196-figure-of-Psyche-683x1024.jpeg 683w, https:\/\/antiqueref.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Meissen-N196-figure-of-Psyche-667x1000.jpeg 667w, https:\/\/antiqueref.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Meissen-N196-figure-of-Psyche-768x1152.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/antiqueref.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Meissen-N196-figure-of-Psyche-1024x1536.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/antiqueref.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Meissen-N196-figure-of-Psyche-1365x2048.jpeg 1365w, https:\/\/antiqueref.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Meissen-N196-figure-of-Psyche.jpeg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">N196 &#8211; Psyche<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/antiqueref.com\/index.php\/meissen\/model-numbers\/q\/meissen-q196-cupid-and-child-figural-group\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1800\" src=\"https:\/\/antiqueref.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Meissen-Q196-Cupid-and-Child-Figural-Group.jpeg\" alt=\"Meissen figural group &quot;First Steps&quot; depicting Cupid teaching a small child to walk\" class=\"wp-image-12006\" srcset=\"https:\/\/antiqueref.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Meissen-Q196-Cupid-and-Child-Figural-Group.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/antiqueref.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Meissen-Q196-Cupid-and-Child-Figural-Group-667x1000.jpeg 667w, https:\/\/antiqueref.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Meissen-Q196-Cupid-and-Child-Figural-Group-683x1024.jpeg 683w, https:\/\/antiqueref.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Meissen-Q196-Cupid-and-Child-Figural-Group-768x1152.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/antiqueref.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Meissen-Q196-Cupid-and-Child-Figural-Group-1024x1536.jpeg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Q196 &#8211; First Steps<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/antiqueref.com\/index.php\/meissen\/rudolf-holbe\/meissen-r163-angel-figurine-by-rudolf-holbe\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"898\" height=\"898\" src=\"https:\/\/antiqueref.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Meissen-R163-Angel-Figurine-by-Rudolf-Holbe.jpeg\" alt=\"Meissen Angel Figurine by Rudolf H\u00f6lbe. R163.\" class=\"wp-image-20462\" srcset=\"https:\/\/antiqueref.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Meissen-R163-Angel-Figurine-by-Rudolf-Holbe.jpeg 898w, https:\/\/antiqueref.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Meissen-R163-Angel-Figurine-by-Rudolf-Holbe-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/antiqueref.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Meissen-R163-Angel-Figurine-by-Rudolf-Holbe-768x768.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/antiqueref.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Meissen-R163-Angel-Figurine-by-Rudolf-Holbe-600x600.jpeg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 898px) 100vw, 898px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">R163 &#8211; Angel<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/antiqueref.com\/index.php\/meissen\/model-numbers\/r\/meissen-r166-cherub-with-butterfly\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1511\" height=\"1511\" src=\"https:\/\/antiqueref.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Meissen-R166-cherub-with-butterfly.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10527\" srcset=\"https:\/\/antiqueref.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Meissen-R166-cherub-with-butterfly.jpeg 1511w, https:\/\/antiqueref.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Meissen-R166-cherub-with-butterfly-1000x1000.jpeg 1000w, https:\/\/antiqueref.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Meissen-R166-cherub-with-butterfly-1024x1024.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/antiqueref.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Meissen-R166-cherub-with-butterfly-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/antiqueref.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Meissen-R166-cherub-with-butterfly-768x768.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/antiqueref.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Meissen-R166-cherub-with-butterfly-600x600.jpeg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1511px) 100vw, 1511px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">R166 &#8211; Cherub with Butterfly<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/antiqueref.com\/index.php\/meissen\/model-numbers\/r\/meissen-r165\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1200\" src=\"https:\/\/antiqueref.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Meissen-R165.jpeg\" alt=\"Meissen figure ST. JOHN boy with lamb.\" class=\"wp-image-10526\" srcset=\"https:\/\/antiqueref.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Meissen-R165.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/antiqueref.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Meissen-R165-1000x1000.jpeg 1000w, https:\/\/antiqueref.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Meissen-R165-1024x1024.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/antiqueref.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Meissen-R165-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/antiqueref.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Meissen-R165-768x768.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/antiqueref.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Meissen-R165-600x600.jpeg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">R165 -The Good Shepherd<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/antiqueref.com\/index.php\/meissen\/model-numbers\/q\/meissen-q167-cupid-on-shell-pierre-coudray\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1627\" height=\"1627\" src=\"https:\/\/antiqueref.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Meissen-Q167-Cupid-on-shell-Pierre-Coudray.jpg\" alt=\"Meissen cupid on the shell holding a dolphin\" class=\"wp-image-11359\" srcset=\"https:\/\/antiqueref.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Meissen-Q167-Cupid-on-shell-Pierre-Coudray.jpg 1627w, https:\/\/antiqueref.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Meissen-Q167-Cupid-on-shell-Pierre-Coudray-1000x1000.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/antiqueref.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Meissen-Q167-Cupid-on-shell-Pierre-Coudray-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/antiqueref.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Meissen-Q167-Cupid-on-shell-Pierre-Coudray-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/antiqueref.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Meissen-Q167-Cupid-on-shell-Pierre-Coudray-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/antiqueref.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Meissen-Q167-Cupid-on-shell-Pierre-Coudray-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/antiqueref.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Meissen-Q167-Cupid-on-shell-Pierre-Coudray-600x600.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1627px) 100vw, 1627px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Q167 &#8211; Cupid with Dolphin<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>German sculptor listed in Meissen records as one of the \u201cmodelers of historicism\u201d in late 19th-century period of the factory\u2019s historicist revival and reinterpretation of earlier styles. Meissen acquired 7 of his models (all shown below). H\u00f6lbe had studied at the Baugewerbeschule in Holzminden and the Kunstakademie Leipzig.&nbsp;From 1871 until 1883, a student and collaborator [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":119,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-20455","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/antiqueref.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20455","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/antiqueref.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/antiqueref.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antiqueref.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antiqueref.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20455"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/antiqueref.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20455\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25590,"href":"https:\/\/antiqueref.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20455\/revisions\/25590"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antiqueref.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/119"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/antiqueref.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20455"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}