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Heinrich Heine

Düsseldorf 1797 - Paris 1856
German poet and journalist (Wikipedia)

Arno Breker
1930

Description

Bronze bust.

Inscription(s)

HEINRICH
HEINE
1797-1856

Signature

Arno Breker

Annotation

Heinrich Heine wrote in 1824 a famous poem Die Lore-Ley, which tells of the titular female as a kind of siren luring shipmen to distraction with her singing, who then crash on the rocks in the riverbed.

Sculptor

Arno Breker (Elberfeld 1900 - Düsseldorf 1991), German sculptor (Wikipedia).

Locatie (N 50°9'11" - E 7°43'4") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: derp012; Photograph: 8 September 2010
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