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Stralsund
Stadt Stralsund im Lkr. Vorpommern-Rügen
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

Schillstraße 27/28 ☐
(Johanniskloster)

Pieta

The Pietà (Italian for pity) is a subject in Christian art depicting the Virgin Mary cradling the dead body of Jesus
(Wikipedia)

Ernst Barlach & Hans-Peter Jaeger
1932 (1988)

Description

Bronze statue of a modern designed pieta. It is an enlarged copy of Barlach's original of 1932.

Inscription(s)

ich gebe
wieder...
das was ist:
das
wirkliche
und
wahrhaftige
ernst barlach

[Pieta.
Entwurf und Modell
von Ernst Barlach 1932
abgelehnt
Ausführung von
Hans-Peter Jaeger
1987/88]
[not seen]

Sculptors

Ernst Barlach (Wedel 1870 - Rostock 1938), German expressionist sculptor, printmaker and writer (Wikipedia).
Hans-Peter Jaeger (1941), German sculptor from Stralsund (Biography).

Sources & Information

Wikipedia, Liste der Denkmale und Gedenkstätten in Stralsund.
Wikipedia, Johanniskloster (Stralsund).
Ernst-Barlach-Stiftung, Pietà.

Locatie (N 54°19'2" - E 13°5'29") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: demv065; Photograph: 3 August 2016
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