European Art Gallery - Wooden Double Statue - (front) Mephistopheles & (back) Margeretta

European Art Gallery - Wooden Double Statue - (front) Mephistopheles & (back) Margeretta. A piece of impeccable workmanship - Wooden double statue (male figure in the front and female in the back). Double-figure wood sculpture built in the 19th century A.D. in France. It stands before a mirror and shows the facade of a nonchalant Mephistopheles and the image of a demure Margaretta in the mirror. The eastern section is of equal importance with its wide variety of silk weaving and different art forms, including layer wood cutting paintings, porcelain works and many more, dating back to the 2nd century. Life-like figures:The famous double statue in Salar Jung Museum showing two life-size figures Mephistopheles in front and Margaretta at the back offer great delight to the visitors. Carved out of a single block of wood, the famous double statue in Salar Jung Museum showing two life-size figures - Mephistopheles in front and Margaretta at the back–affords great delight to the visitors. Salar Jung Museum, the third-largest national museum of India is probably the only museum of its kind in the world having collections of Nawab Mir Yousuf Ali Khan (1889-1949), the erstwhile Prime minister of Nizam, who carried the title of Salar Jung III being third in a succession of a noble family serving Nizam’s state in south-central India. Follow Us On: Instagram: Subscribe for more videos: #art #travel #europe