Description
Marble statue of Humboldt sitting on a chair, with a plant in his hand. Next to him stands a globe, with South America visible, and a large book with dried plants. On the sides of the pedestal are his name and two reliefs with allegorical representation of natural history. These reliefs are sculpted by Martin Paul Otto:
- ALEXANDER von HUMBOLDT, within a laurel wreath, on which a lizard, a beetle, a bird and a snake, the whole in a cartouche, with two putti with telescopes.
- A sitting woman and a small boy reading a large book, and on the flour a putto measuring the width of the Atlantic Ocean on a globe. In the background a wall with a map of the West-Indies.
- A nude woman with two babies in a landscape.
On the front an extra text was added:
al segundo descibridor de cuba
la universidad de la habana 1939
Unveiled 28 May 1883 together with the statue of his brother Wilhelm von Humboldt.
Signature
R. Begas fecit 1882
Court of Honour of the Humboldt University
In the front court or "court of honour" (Ehrenhof) of the Humboldt University are several memorial statues dedicated to some key figures in the history of arts, sciences, and the university: Hermann Helmholtz, Lise Meitner, Max Planck, and Theodor Mommsen.
Sculptors
- Reinhold Begas (Schöneberg 1831 - Schöneberg 1911),
German sculptor
(Wikipedia).
- Martin Paul Otto (Berlin 1846 - Berlin 1893),
German sculptor
(Wikipedia).
Sources & Information
Tags
Locatie (N 52°31'3" - E 13°23'38") (Satellite view: Google Maps)
Item Code: debe006; Photograph: 9 August 2013
Of each statue we made photos from various angles and also detail photos of the various texts.
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