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Gellert Monument

Christian Fürchtegott Gellert
1715 - 1769
German poet
(Wikipedia)

August Schmiemann & Max Lange
1909 (copy)

Description

Monument, reminiscent of a funerary monument, consiting of a simple urn with two mourning putti is set on a fluted column stump. On the column is an oval relief portrait of Gellert, over which a putto hangs a laurel wreath; on the other side is an identical oval with the name: "MEMORIÆ GELLERT Sacrum".

Leipzig - Gellertdenkmal

Sculptors

Max Lange (Köln 1868 - Bad Tölz 1947), German sculptor (Wikipedia).
August Schmiemann, German sculptor, active in Münster.

Sources & Information

Leipzig-Lexikon, Schillperpark.
Leipzig Lese, Denkmäler.
Wikipedia, Liste der Kulturdenkmale in Leipzig-Zentrum.

Locatie (N 51°20'11" - E 12°22'39") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: desn082; Photograph: 4 September 2022
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