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Moses Mendelssohn

Dessau 1729 - Berlin 1786
German-Jewish philosopher and theologian.
(Wikipedia)

Gerhard Geyer
1979

Description

Large bust on a rough stone pedestal.

NB. The composer Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy is his grandson.

Inscription(s)

MOSES MENDELSSOHN
1729 - 1786

Signature

Gy 78

Sculptor

Gerhard Geyer (Halle (Saale) 1907 - idem 1989),
German sculptor (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Das schöne Detail..., Dessau - Plastik und Skulptur im Stadtzentrum, Teil 2.
Natascha Meuser, Public Relations, Marketing, and Monumental Heritage: Architecture-related Artworks in Dessau (Dessau: Hochschule Anhalt, 2018), p. 91 (PDF online).

Locatie (N 51°49'56" - E 12°14'22") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: desa142; Photograph: 3 September 2022
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