Statues - Hither & Thither

 

Description

Bronze statue of Justitia with sword and scales on top of a stone pillar with a bronze cast niches with reliefs of female personifications of various virtues with heir Latin name below. The pilar stands in an octagonal fountain basin. The depicted virtues are:

1. iustitia - Justice, with sword of judgment and balance.
2. temperantia - Moderation, distributing a liquid between two pitchers.
3. spes - Hope, with a dove on her arm.
4. charitas - Charity, with two children, one of whom she is breastfeeding.

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Above the representation extends to the edges a smooth band with the inscription:
iustitia in toto virtvtvm maxima mvndo sponte sva tribvit cvilibet æqva svvm

Inscription(s)

Annotation

Sculptor

• Friedrich Schierholz (Frankfurt am Main 1840 - Frankfurt am Main 1894), German sculptor (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

• Frankfurt, Kunst im öffentlichen Raum, Innenstadt.
• Wikipedia, Liste von Brunnen in Frankfurt am Main.
• Wikipedia, Gerechtigkeitsbrunnen (Frankfurt am Main).

Tags

• Town: Frankfurt am Main
• Kreis: Stadt Frankfurt am Main
• Land: Hessen
• Country: Germany
• Charity (Charitas)
• Fountain
• Hope (Spes)
• Justice (Justitia)
• Schierholz, Friedrich
• Temperance (Temperantia)

Locatie (N 50°6'37" - E 8°40'55") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

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