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ZUMBUSCH, tso͞om′bụsh, Kaspar von (1830—). A German sculptor, born at Herzebrock, Westphalia. He studied at Munich and Rome. After his return from the latter city he won the competition for a monument to Maximilian II. of Bavaria (unveiled 1875). In 1873 he was called to Vienna as professor in the academy. His most important works are a statue of Count Rumford, Munich; a monument to Prince August of Prussia (Park of Bellevue Palace, Berlin); a monument to the Sager family (Munich); a soldiers’ monument (1877, Augsburg); the monuments to Beethoven (1880, Vienna), Maria Theresa (1889, ib.), and Field-Marshal Radetzky (1892, ib.); a statue of Emperor Francis Joseph (New University, Vienna); and a monument to Emperor William I. (1896, Wittekindsberg, Westphalia).