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Schillerplatz (1.)

Nikolaus Lenau

Nikolaus Franz Niembsch Edler von Strehlenau
(Csatád (Tschadat) - Lenauheim 1802 - Oberdöbling (Wien) 1850)
German-language Austrian poet
(Wikipedia)

Karl Schwerzek
1892

Description

Marble bust on a marble column with a relief of a Selena, the moon goddess, with flower and a golden star. At the foot of the monument a genius ( little angel) with a harp and a butterfly on his hand (reference to Lenau's poem Schmetterling [= Butterfly]), next to the column the head of a sphinx.
The monument is the counterpart of the Grün monument on Schillderplatz. Grün published Lenau's Sämtliche Werke in 1855.

Inscription(s)

LENAU

Von seinen Verehrern.
1891

Signature

K. Schwerzek

Annotation

Unveiled 12 January 1892.

Sculptor

Karl Schwerzek (Friedek, Schlesien 1848 - Wien 1918), Austrian sculptor (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Kunst und Kultur Wien, Denkmäler im Bereich der Wiener Ringstraße.
Wikipedia, Schillerplatz (Wien).
Dietmar Scharmitzer, Anastasius Grün (1806-1876): Leben und Werk (Wien 2010), p. 222-223.
Stadt Wien, Kulturgut.

Locatie (N 48°12'6" - E 16°21'57") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: atwi033; Photograph: 9 September 2012
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