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Universitätstraße
(Leibnizforum, Innenhof der Universität)

Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz

Leipzig 1646 - Hannover 1716
German mathematician and philosopher. He occupies a prominent place in the history of mathematics and the history of philosophy.
(Wikipedia)

Ernst Hähnel
Kunstgießerei Lenz (Nürnberg)
1883

Description

Statue of Leibniz with a open book in his hands, leaning on a globe.
On the pedestal are four reliefs depicting the four faculties of the university customary in its time to mark Leibniz' comprehensive academic significance.

Leipzig - Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
Philosophie / Philosophie
Seated woman with mirror and scroll.
Medizin / Medicine seated woman with a Aesculapian snake eating from bowl in her right hand and a scroll in het left

Theologie / Theology
seated woman with books and cross. Leipzig - Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
Jurisprudenz / Law woman pointing with her right hand in an open book and with her left hand resting on a book titled "Corpus Juris".

Inscription(s)

GOTTFRIED WILHELM LEIBNIZ

Errichtet im Jahre 1883.

Signature

Erfunden u. modellirt von E.J. Hähnel in Dresden 1881-1883
In Erz gegossen von Chr. Lenz in Nürnberg 1883.

Sculptor

Ernst Julius Hähnel (Dresden 1811 - id. 1891), German sculptor, his portrait is on the Fürstenzug (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Wikipedia, Leibnizdenkmal (Leipzig).
Wikipedia, Liste der Kulturdenkmale in Leipzig-Zentrum.

Locatie (N 51°20'20" - E 12°22'42") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: desn124; Photograph: 5 September 2022
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Philosophie / Philosophie Seated woman with mirror and scroll.	Medizin / Medicine seated woman with a Aesculapian snake eating from bowl in her right hand and a scroll in het left
Theologie / Theology seated woman with books and cross.	Jurisprudenz / Law woman pointing with her right hand in an open book and with her left hand resting on a book titled "Corpus Juris".