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Haacke-Brunnen - "Sperlings-Ida"

Haacke Fountain - "Sparrow Ida"

Friedrich Hermann Haacke
Stendal 1824 - Stendal 1899
German physician
(Wikipedia) 		artist unknown
1906

Stendal / Haacke-Brunnen - "Sperlings-Ida"   Stendal / Haacke-Brunnen - "Sperlings-Ida"

Description

Sandstone statue of a woman feeding birds, symbol of charity and mercy. The statue stands in a scale, carried by an octagonal base staning in a octagonal water basin. On the octagonal base are reliefs of four putti and texts:

Stendal - Haacke-Brunnen - "Sperlings-Ida"
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4

  1. A sowing putto
  2. Text: sie säen nicht sie ernten nicht naehrest sie [first part: Matthew 6:26]
  3. A harvesting putto with sicle and sheaf of corn.
  4. Text: von der stirne heiss rinnen muss der schweiss [Friedrich Schiller, Das Lied von der Glocke, lines 5-6].
  5. Putto with a flower guirland
  6. Text: doch der segen kommt von oben [Friedrich Schiller, Das Lied von der Glocke, line 8].
  7. Putto with a basket of fruit and vegetables.
  8. Text: auf hoffnung streue deine samen

Inscription(s)

Dem Gedächtnis
des Wohltäters u. Ehrenbürgers
der Stadt Stendal
Geh. San. Rat.
Dr. Friedrich Haacke
1824 - 1899.

Stendal - Haacke-Brunnen - "Sperlings-Ida"

Sculptor

Sources & Information

Tags

  • Country: Germany
  • Fountain
  • Haacke, Friedrich
  • Harvester
  • Physician
  • Putto
  • Sower
  • Woman with bird

    • Locatie (N 52°36'13" - E 11°51'48") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

    Item Code: desa089; Photograph: 31 July 2016
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