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Johannesbrunnen

Saint John's Fountain

Saint John the Baptist
c. 6 BC- c. 36 AD
itinerant preacher and a major religious figure who led a movement of baptism at the Jordan River. He baptized Jesus at "Bethany beyond the Jordan."
(Wikipedia)

Bert Gerresheim
date?

Description

Statue of Saint John the Bapist pointing with his right hand to the Basilica, and holding in his left and a book with the text parare vias eius ("Prepare the way for him" after Luke 1, 76, Zacharias address his son John: "And you, my child, will be called a prophet of the Most High; for you will go on before the Lord to prepare the way for him").

The statue is on top of two 'blocks' in a fountain. The upper block has on it the left side a sculpture of the Lamb of God and on the back and right sides respectively one and two locusts.

Kevelaer - Johannesbrunnen
The Lamb of God, with the Dutch text "ZIE, HET LAM GODS" (See the Lamb of God)
Two locusts with the Greek and German text "μετανοείτε DAS REICH GOTTES IST NAHE" ( Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand; Matthew 4:17).

Sculptor

Bert Gerresheim (1935), German sculptor in Düsseldorf (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Entschleunigte Zeit, Kevelaer und Bert Gerresheim.

Locatie (N 51°35'3" - E 6°14'42") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: denw766; Photograph: 15 June 2019
Of each statue we made photos from various angles and also detail photos of the various texts.
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