Moritz Schulz (1825-1904) was born in Loebschutz in Prussia and died in Berlin. He studied at the Poznan School of Art and was a pupil of Drake at the Berlin Academy. In Rome from 1854 to 1870, Schulz, like many of his compatriot sculptors, was influenced by Thorwaldsen's work. Schulz was of the second generation of German sculptors studying and working in Rome, and the Neo-classicism apparent in his work is softened by a voluptuous romanticism typical of the mid to second half of the 19th century. Reinhold Begas' marble group of Cupid and Psyche shares this mood and is closely comparable to the present bust.
Schulz specialised both in reliefs and in allegorical figures. Of the latter, his marble figures of Painting and Sculpture of 1863, now in the Orangerie in Schloss Sanssouci, Potsdam, are similar to the present bust. They share a delicacy of execution and an interest in ideal classical beauty.