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Three Graces Fountain

In Greek mythology the Graces were daughters of Zeus and the Oceanid Eurynome. Usually three are depicted, Aglaia, the Grace that symbolized Beauty, Euphrosyne, the Grace of Delight and Thalia, the Grace of Blossom.

Ernemann Sander
1972/76

Description

Fountain with a bronze sculpture of three women standing on a sphere.

Sculptor

Ernemann F. Sander (Leipzig 1925), German sculptor (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Gabriele Zabel-Zottmann, Skulpturen und Objekte im öffentlichen Raum der Bundeshauptstadt Bonn, aufgestellt von 1970 bis 1991. Diss. Phil. Fak. d. Rheinischen Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität zu Bonn, 2012 (PDF on-line: Text and Catalogue), No. 109.

Locatie (N 50°44'6" - E 7°5'59") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: denw437; Photograph: 14 September 2015
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