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Description

Fourteen - originally sixteen - sandstone statues of Greek and Roman gods and goddesses along the water in the castle garden. The statues were made around 1720/25 for the park of a villa in Hamburg, since 1752 they are in the castle garden of Schwerin, and 1960/63 replaced by copies.

Winter
Frühling / Spring
Faun
Faunin / Female faun
Herbst / Autumn
Sommer / Sommer
Venus
Apollo
Merkur / Mercurius
Bacchus
[Raub der Proserpina /
The Rape of Proserpina]
[Herkules, den Antäus würgend /
Hercules strangling Antaeus]
Flora
Ceres
Diana
Herkules / Heracles

Schwerin - Permoser-Statuen
Winter
Frühling / Spring
Faun
Faunin / Female faun

Herbst / Autumn
Sommer / Sommer
Venus
Apollo

Merkur / Mercurius
Bacchus
[Raub der Proserpina]
[Herkules, den Antäus würgen]

Flora Schwerin - Permoser-Statuen
Ceres
Diana
Herkules / Heracles

Schwerin - Permoser-Statuen

Sculptor

Balthasar Permoser (Kammer bei Traunstein 1651 - Dresden 1732), German sculptor (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Wikipedia, Liste der Denkmäler, Brunnen und Skulpturen in Schwerin.
Schloss Schwerin, flyer (PDF on-line).

Locatie (N 53°37'11" - E 11°24'53") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: demv208; Photograph: 5 August 2016
Of each statue we made photos from various angles and also detail photos of the various texts.
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© Website and photos: René & Peter van der Krogt

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Winter	Frühling / Spring	Faun	Faunin / Female faun
Herbst / Autumn	Sommer / Sommer	Venus	Apollo
Merkur / Mercurius	Bacchus	[Raub der Proserpina]	[Herkules, den Antäus würgen]
Flora	Ceres	Diana	Herkules / Heracles