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Villers Fountain

Max Unger & Markus Gläser
1903 (replica 1993)

Description

Oval fountain basin, with in the center three intertwined water-spouting dolphins carrying a bowl from which originally rose a bronze sculpture of a drinking girl, replaced by a girl drinking from a bowl.

The original bronze sculpture by Max Unger-Steglitz was melted in 1942; a second sculpture by Ulrich Holland from 1989 was stolen in 1992; the present sculpture by Markus Gläser dates from 1993.

Sculptors

Markus Gläser (Leipzig 1960), German sculptor from Leipzig (Website – Wikipedia).
Max Unger, also Unger-Steglitz (Berlin 1854 - Bad Kissingen 1918), German sculptor (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Leipzig-Lexikon, Brunnen.
Architektur-Blicklicht, Brunnen & Denkmäler.
Das schöne Detail..., Brunnen und Wasserspiele in Leipzig: Im Bereich des Leipziger Innenstadtringes.
Wikipedia, Brunnen in Leipzig.

Locatie (N 51°20'41" - E 12°22'20") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: desn098; Photograph: 4 September 2022
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