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Fassadenfiguren im Rathaushof

Façade statues on the Courtyard of the Town Hall

Heinrich Petry
1900

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Description

At one of the buttresses in the courtyard is a pair of statues, their names are written on a banderole in the hands of the little figures carrying the consoles.
  1. (left) Merian - Matthäus Merian der Ältere (Basel 1593 - Langenschwalbach 1650), Swiss-born engraver who worked in Frankfurt for most of his career, where he also ran a publishing house (Wikipedia).
  2. (right) Lersner - Achilles Augustus von Lersner (Frankfurt am Main 1662 - Frankfurt am Main 1732), patrician and chronicler (Wikipedia).

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    The keystones of the both gates are decorated with a half figure of

  3. (north) davidsburg, Jewish peddler, made popular as town character by Friedrich Stoltze.
  4. (south) kannix, Jewish innkeeper Liffgens, nicknamed Kannix, who considered himself a rabbi.

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Signature

(Merian and Lersner statues) Petrÿ

Annotation

Built 1900-1908 after designs from the architects Ludwig Neher and Franz von Hoven.

Sculptor

Sources & Information

Tags

  • Bookseller
  • Chronicler
  • Davidsburg
  • Engraver
  • Façade with statues (secular)
  • Kannix
  • Lersner, Achilles Augustus von
  • Merian, Matthäus
  • Peddler
  • Petry, Heinrich
  • Publisher
  • Town Hall
  • Locatie (N 50°6'37" - E 8°40'50") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

    Item Code: dehs183; Photograph: 28 September 2014
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