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Würzburg
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Bayern
Hofgarten (Südgarten)
Raub der Europa
Rape of Europa
(
Wikipedia
)
Johann Peter Wagner
c. 1770
Description
Stone sculpture group with as central figure Europa sitting on a bull, with another woman behind her. Around the bull are four women with flowers.
Annotation
A second sculpture group, Raub der Proserpina, was impossible to photograph because of the sun.
Sculptor
Johann Peter Alexander Wagner (Obertheres, Unterfranken 1730 - Würzburg 1809), German sculptor, working in Würzburg (
Wikipedia
).
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Town:
Würzburg
Kreis:
Stadt Würzburg
Land:
Bayern
Country:
Germany
Europa and the Bull
Wagner, Johann Peter
Locatie (N 49°47'29" - E 9°56'17")
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)
Item Code:
deby191
; Photograph: 27 September 2011
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