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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

(Frankfurt am Main 1749-Weimar 1832)
German writer and polymath; considered by many to be the most important writer in the German language and one of the most important thinkers in Western culture
(Wikipedia)

Edmund von Hellmer
Berndorfer Metallwarenfabrik
1900

Description

Bronze statue of Goethe sitting in a chair. On the back a relief of a man and a woman with child holding a laurel wreath.

Inscription(s)

GOETHE

errichtet vom
WIENER GOETHE VEREIN
im jahre mdcccc

Signature

E. Hellmer fecit

Annotation

Unveiled 15 December 1900.

Sculptor

Edmund von Hellmer (Wien 1850 - Wien 1935), Austrian sculptor (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Kunst und Kultur Wien, Denkmäler im Bereich der Wiener Ringstraße.
Wikipedia, Goethedenkmal (Wien).
Jutta Assel & Georg Jäger, Goethe-Denkmäler: Eine Dokumentation, Edmund von Hellmer: Wiener Goethe-Denkmal (1900).
Stadt Wien, Kulturgut.

Locatie (N 48°12'12" - E 16°21'58") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: atwi029; Photograph: 9 September 2012
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