Carl Kauba (1865-1922), ''A Midsummer Night's Dream'' (original title), Viennese bronze, titled on the plinth. Above a rock pedestal rises the donkey-headed lute-player Bottom, whom the young Queen Titania cuddles with her veil. Depicted is a scene from William Shakespeare's comedy, which tells of the jealous elf king Oberon, who punishes his wife Titania by falling in love with a donkey-headed man. Later unsigned execution. rubbed, h. 20,5 cm.