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Herter, Ernst
(b Berlin, 14 May 1846; d Berlin, 21 Dec 1917). German sculptor. He trained from 1863 at the Künstakademie, Berlin, under August Fischer (1805–66), and he was also an assistant in Gustav Blaeser’s studio. In 1866 Herter was awarded the Akademie prize as a student in the composition class, allowing him to travel to Copenhagen to study works in the Thorvaldsen Museum. Between 1867 and 1869 Herter was a student of Albert Wolff, whom he assisted with work for the equestrian monument to Emperor Frederick William III for the Lustgarten in Berlin, providing the figure of a smith for the pedestal (destr.).
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