Statues - Hither & Thither

 

Description

Three-and-a-half-metre-high Pirna sandstone column with a three-part structure: a smooth octagonal base, a central section from clustered and free-standing columns, topped by a tabernacle-like top with four reliefs: an almost fully sculptured bust of Bach at the front ans on the other sides reliefs depicting various areas of Bach's work in figure scenes with long-robed female winged beings (genii): performing artist, composer, and teacher and cantor. The monument site is covered with small paving and is enclosed by an ornamental lattice.

North side: Bach bust.	East side: performing artist, especially organist
South side: composer, especially for church music	West side: teacher and cantor

The monument was designed by the painter Eduard Bendemann in Dresden, a friendn of Mendelssohn. Advisors were the painter Julius Hübner and the sculptor Ernst Rietschel. After Bendemann's retirement due to illness, the artistic and practical realisation was then the sole responsibility of Julius Hübner. The execution was entrusted to the stonemason Friedrich Moritz Hiller in Dresden-Antonstadt. The sculptor Hermann Knaur, a pupil of Ernst Rietschel, created the figurative representations. For the bust of the composer, Knaur apparently followed the portrait of Bach painted by Elias Gottlob Haußmann in 1746 (then owned by the Thomasschule in Leipzig).

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Sculptors

• Julius Hübner (Oels [now Oleśnica] 1806 - Loschwitz bei Dresden 1882), German historical painter (Wikipedia).
  
• Hermann Knaur (Leipzig 1811 - Leipzig 1872), German sculptor (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

• Leipzig-Lexikon, Denkmale.
• Wikipedia, Liste der Kulturdenkmale in Leipzig-Zentrum.
• Wikipedia, Altes Bach-Denkmal in Leipzig.

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Locatie (N 51°20'19" - E 12°22'17") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

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