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Peter Joseph Lenné

Bonn 1789 - Potsdam 1866
Prussian gardener and landscape architect
(Wikipedia)

Christian Daniel Rauch
1847/1989

Description

Marble bust on a dark stone column.

Inscription(s)

Dr. h.c.
peter josef
LENNÉ
generaldir.
der königlich
preussischen
garten
* bonn
1789
† potsdam
1866

Information Sign

geschenk des
senats des berlin
an die stadt bonn
aus anlass der
2000 jahrfeier
29·9·1989

Annotation

The bust is a gift of the senate of Berlin for the 2000th anniversary of Bonn. It is a copy of the bust by Rauch.

Sculptor

Christian Daniel Rauch (Arolsen, Hessen, 1777-Dresden 1857), one of the most important sculptors of the German classicism ((his bust in Bad Arolsen) (RKDArtists – Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Wikipedia, Liste der Personen-Denkmäler.

Locatie (N 50°44'4" - E 7°6'30") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: denw445; Photograph: 14 September 2015
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