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Stuttgart
Stadt Stuttgart
Baden-Württemberg

Oberer Schloßgarten (Wolfgang-Windgassen-Weg)

Discobolus

Discusthrower

Ludwig von Hofer
1844/54

Description

Marble statue of a discusthrower.

Inscription(s)

DISCOBOLUS

Annotation

Together with a series of Greek female statues the statue forms a series along the Eckensee.

Sculptor

Johann Ludwig von Hofer (Ludwigsburg 1801 - Stuttgart 1887), German sculptor (Wikipedia).

Locatie (N 48°46'46" - E 9°10'54") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: debw117; Photograph: 18 April 2012
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