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Johann Sebastian Bach

Eisenach 1685 - Leipzig 1750
German composer and musician of the Baroque period
(Wikipedia)

Bruno Eyermann
Noack (Leipzig)
1950

Description

Bronze bust.

Inscription(s)

JOHANN
SEBASTIAN
BACH

in weimar
1703
1708-1717

Signature

bronze noack leipzig

Annotation

Unveiled 1950 at the 200th anniversary of Bach's death on the place of the house where he lived. From 1952 tot 1995 the bust was in the museum.

Sculptor

Bruno Eyermann (Leipzig 1888 - Hanau 1961), German sculptor (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Stadt Weimar, Denkmale.
Weimar-Lese, Denkmäler.

Locatie (N 50°58'43" - E 11°19'52") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: deth047; Photograph: 7 August 2013
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