After finishing the academy in 1780, he traveled to Paris, Rome, Bologna and Mantua, and returned to Stuttgart in 1790, where he worked as a professor at the Hohe Karlsschule until 1794. In 1804, he did the initial draft of "Ariadne on the Panther", which he finished from 1810 to 1824, generally regarded as his masterpiece and one of the most important sculptures of the 19th century.
After the death of his schooltime friend Friedrich Schiller, Dannecker created a bust of him. In 1823 and 1824, he created a bust of John the Baptist.
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Friend of Johann Friedrich von Schiller
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