Philipp Jakob von Scheffauer (7 May 1756, Stuttgart - 13 November 1808, Stuttgart) was a German Neoclassical sculptor.

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His father was a

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to Charles Eugene, Duke of Württemberg. In 1780, after studying at the Hohe Karlsschule, he and his fellow student,

Johann Heinrich von Dannecker Johann Heinrich von Dannecker (October 16, 1758 in StuttgartDecember 8, 1841 in Stuttgart) was a German sculptor. Biography He was the third of five children of Georg Dannecker (1718–1786), a coachman of the nobleman Charles Alexander, Duke ...

, were appointed Court Sculptors. Three years later, they were both sent to Paris and Rome for further studies; returning to Stuttgart in 1789. The following year, he and Dannecker became Professors at the Karlsschule, where they both remained until its closure in 1794.Wolfgang Kermer: ''Daten und Bilder zur Geschichte der Staatlichen Akademie der Bildenden Künste Stuttgart''. Stuttgart: Edition Cantz, 1988 (= Verbesserter Sonderdruck aus: ''Die Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Künste Stuttgart: eine Selbstdarstellung''. Stuttgart: Edition Cantz, 1988), o. P. During this time, he was also awarded the Order of the Württemberg Crown, which entitled him to use the noble "von". In 1790, he married , better known as "Caroline H.", the subject of one of the first clinical descriptions of a "split-personality". His health was always rather poor, and he died after a long illness, possibly from

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. He is interred at the in Stuttgart, in a tomb designed by his friend, Antonio Isopi. His "Crying Genius" is installed at the Stuttgart . The tomb of

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, at the , is adorned with one of his

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s; an

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depiction of grief. The rotunda of the in Regensburg once held his bust of Johannes Kepler. It has since been moved to the entryway of the and replaced by a replica. The (Monument to the tenderness of the spouse and the love of the people), which was built in 1796 to celebrate the recovery of

Frederick II Eugene, Duke of Württemberg Friedrich Eugen, Duke of Württemberg (21 January 1732 – 23 December 1797) was the fourth son of Karl Alexander, Duke of Württemberg, and Princess Maria Augusta of Thurn and Taxis (11 August 1706 – 1 February 1756). He was born in Stut ...

from a serious illness, contained four large reliefs by Scheffauer. It was destroyed in 1817, when the square where it was displayed was redesigned. Kepler Gedächtnishaus - Museum -17

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