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Bodestraße 1-3
(Alte Nationalgalerie - Kolonnadenhof)

Hunne zu Pferde

Hun on Horseback

Erich Hösel
Martin u. Piltzing (Berlin)
1895

Description

Sculpture of a mounted warrior, armed with a bow and shield, bending from his horse to look down at a skull.

Signature

Guss martin & piltzing berlin

Information Sign

E. HÖSEL
HUNNE ZU PFERDE

Sculptures of the Kolonnadenhof

The colonnade courtyard "Kolonnadenhof" connects the building ensemble of the Old National Gallery, the New Museum and the Pergamon Museum on the Museum Island. It is enclosed on three sides by columns and pillars and has numerous bronze sculptures exhibited as an open air museum.

Berlin - Alte Nationalgalerie - Kolonnadenhof
Northeast (Spree) side

Gerettet / Saved by Adolf Brütt, 1887.
Bogenspannerin / Archer by Ferdinand Lepcke, 1905-06.
Survival: Men don't protect you anymore, by Jenny Holzer, 1984 (not included on this site).
Hunne zu Pferde / Hun on Horseback by Erich Hösel, 1895.
Berlin - Alte Nationalgalerie - Kolonnadenhof
Southwest side (Neues Museum)

Diana by Reinhold Felderhoff, 1898.
Löwe / Lion by August Gaul ,1904.
Amazone zu Pferde / Amazon on Horseback by Louis Tuaillon, 1890/95.
Herkules mit dem nemeischen Löwen / Hercules with the Nemean Lion by Max Klein, 1878.
Der Sämann / The Sower by Constantin Meunier, 1896.

Sculptor

Erich Hösel (Annaberg 1869 - Meißen 1953), German sculptor (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Museumsinsel Berlin, Die Skulpturen des Kolonnadenhofes.

Locatie (N 52°31'15" - E 13°23'55") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: debe130; Photograph: 31 August 2022
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