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Martin Behaim

Nürnberg 1459 - Lisboa 1507
German navigator and geographer to the King of Portugal
(Wikipedia) 		Johann Rößner
Kunstgießerei Lenz (Nürnberg)
1890

Nürnberg / Martin Behaim   Nürnberg / Martin Behaim

Description

Bronze statue of Behaim with sword and his terrestrial globe of 1492 ('Erdapfel'), on a richly decorated sandstone pedestal, with on the sides two bronze seated figures:
  1. Handel - Trade, with caduceus, cornucopia and anchor.
  2. Wissenschaft - Science, in her hand a drawing of a astrolabe and under the chair some books, on of which with the author's name Regiomon- / tanus.


Handel - Trade
Wissenschaft - Science

Inscription(s)

Behaim's coat of arms

Mart. Behaim
der Seefahrer
geboren um 1459
gestorben 1507

coat of arms of the Holy Roman Empire
and the two coats of arms of the city
of Nürnberg, the great arms with the eagle
with a king's head and the small arms
with the eagle and red bends

Errichtet im
Jahre 1890

Signature

Erfunden u. modellirt v. I. Rössner.
Gegossen v. Ch. Lenz, Nürnberg / 1890.

Annotation

Unveiled 17 September 1890.

Sculptor

Sources & Information

Tags

  • Country: Germany
  • Behaim, Martin
  • Geographer
  • Lenz (Nürnberg), Kunstgießerei
  • Rößner, Johann
  • Science (allegorical figure)
  • Statue (man)
  • Trade / Commerce (allegorical figure)

    • Locatie (N 49°27'20" - E 11°4'49") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

    Item Code: deby001; Photograph: 20 September 2002  / updated: 28 September 2011
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