Ancient Gandhara Buddhist Carved Schist Statue of Atlas Kushan Empire 300 AD Sculpture further solidifying his reputation as

further solidifying his reputation as a gifted sculptor

Albert Friedrich Schröder was fond of historical and costume painting – and did much historical research to accurately depict the settings and dress of his narrative subjects

where first Theodor Hildebrandt and then later

Condition is good

Ancient Gandhara Buddhist Carved Schist Statue of Atlas Kushan Empire 300 AD Sculpture further solidifying his reputation asA finely carved Ancient Gandharan statue of Atlas, Kushan Empire, 2nd 3rd century CE. The Gandharan "Atlas figure" is depicted as a powerful, muscular male figure that emerged from Greco Buddhist art (2nd 3rd century CE) that adopted the Greek Titan Atlas, sometimes the figure is portrayed with wings. This figure appears crouched with one knee raised high with his arm resting above, the other hand on his other knee resting down. The statue is bare