Born in Tripoli or Nafplion, to a German father named Von Dorsch, who was a soldier and musician, and a Greek mother named Meksi, he later took the Greek surname Drosis due to his love for Greece and
Leonidas Drosis
Ioannis Kapodistrias' statue in Corfu (city)
Close up view of the Athena column, Academy of Athens (modern)
Carl Rahl, sometimes spelled Karl Rahl, was an Austrian painter.
Leonidas Drosis
…largely by Sinas. Drosis sculpted the principle multi-figure pediment sculpture, on the theme of the birth of Athena, based on a design by painter Carl Rahl. This brought first prize at the Vienna Exhibition of 1873. Drosis is also responsible for the figures of Athena and Apollo with lyre on the academy's…