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Köln
Stadt Köln
Nordrhein-Westfalen

An der Rechtschule
(Museum für Angewandte Kunst)

Ferdinand Franz Wallraf & Johann Heinrich Richartz

Wilhelm Albermann
Bronzegießerei Gladenbeck (Friedrichshagen bei Berlin)
1900

Description

Statues of Wallraf and Richartz, both sitting, and each on a simple base inscribed with the names WALLRAF and RICHARTZ

Ferdinand Franz Wallraf
(Köln 1748 - Köln 1824)
German botanist, mathematician, theologian, priest and art collector
(Wikipedia)

Johann Heinrich Richartz
(Köln 1796 - Köln 1861)
German businessman, founder of the first building of the Wallraf-Richartz-Museum
(Wikipedia)

Signature

(both) W. Alberman 1900.
aktien-gesellschaft vormals h. gladenbeck & sohn berlin-friedrichshagen

Sculptor

Wilhelm Albermann (Werden an der Ruhr 1835 - Köln 1913), German sculptor (Wikipedia).

Locatie (N 50°56'24" - E 6°57'18") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: denw518; Photograph: 14 May 2016
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