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Barocke Gartenfiguren im Palastgarten

Baroque garden statues in the palace garden

Ferdinand Tietz
ca. 1760

Trier / Barocke Gartenfiguren im Palastgarten

Description

In the formal garten of the electoral palace are many barock statues, mostly made by Ferdinand Tietz in the 1760s.

kaiser / constantin
Constantine the Great (272 - 337), Roman Emperor from 306 to 337 (Wikipedia).
kaiserin / helena
Saint Helena of Constantinople (ca. 246/50 - 18 August 330), mother of Emperor Constantine I. She is traditionally credited with finding the relics of the True Cross, with which she is invariably represented in Christian iconography (Wikipedia).
pippin / der jüngere
Pippin the Short, first King of the Franks (752-68) of the Carolingian dynasty, father of Charlemagne (Wikipedia).
karl / der grosse
Charlemagne (742 - Aachen 814), King of the Franks (since 768) and Emperor (since 800) (Wikipedia).
Nameless.
Moses
Biblical figure, religious leader, lawgiver, and prophet (Wikipedia).

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Sculptor

Adam Ferdinand Tietz (Dietz) (Holtschitz (Böhmen) 1708 - Schloss Seehof bei Memmelsdorf 1777), German sculptor (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Datenbank der Kulturgüter in der Region Trier, Alle Kulturgüter in Altstadt, Gemeinde Trier.

Locatie (N 49°45'8" - E 6°38'38") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: derp064; Photograph: 17 June 2011
Of each statue we made photos from various angles and also detail photos of the various texts.
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