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Amtsschimmel und Allegorien auf Heilbronn als Wein- und Neckarstadt

Red Tape and Allegories to Heilbronn as a Wine and Neckar Town

Blasius Spreng
1963

Heilbronn / Amtsschimmel und Allegorien auf Heilbronn als Wein- und Neckarstadt

Description

Red Tape:
Horse ('Red Tape' is in German 'Amtsschimmel' which translates more or less as 'offical gray horse') with under his raised hoof, an old man crouching. To the right the bureaucrat on a mountain of files.

Allegories to Heilbronn as a wine and Neckar town:
The male figure (right) depicts Bacchus with staff and wine jug. Besides him a bacchante, with staff and vine leaves. To the left a 'vinous' mermaid, probably as an allegory on the Neckar. At the corner hangs a bronze grape and a large vine leaf.

Heilbronn - Amtsschimmel und Allegorien auf Heilbronn als Wein- und Neckarstadt

Sculptor

Blasius Spreng (München 1913 - München 1987), German painter, and sculptor (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Wikipedia, Rathaus (Heilbronn).

Locatie (N 49°8'34" - E 9°13'10") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: debw194; Photograph: 29 September 2014
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