Frame size 290 x 320 mm, dimensions of work 135 x 180 mm
Wilhelm Siegfried Stavenhagen (Latvian: Vilhelms Zigfrīds Štafenhāgens; 27 September / 9 October 1814 in Kuldiga, Courland – 8 / 20 January 1881 in Jelgava) was a Baltic German sculptor and draftsman.
Wilhelm Siegfried Stavenhagen painted landscapes and city views in Estonia and Latvia, and also created portrait busts.
He studied at the St. Petersburg Academy of Arts in 1834, in Frankfurt am Main in 1846 with the sculptor Eduard Schmidt von der Launitz (1797–1869), and from 1848 at the Munich Academy of Arts. During his studies, he worked as a surveyor in his homeland and drew maps. In 1850 he settled in Jelgava.