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Fassadenskulpturen des Hauses zum Roten OchsenFaçade Sculptures of the House of the Red OxPlaneten und Musen - Planets and Muses |
18th century sculptor
1737 |
A stone relief frieze between the first and second floor of the 'Haus zum Roten Ochsen' (The Red Ox) shows in nine fields the figures of seven planets, including the Sun and the Moon, and six muses, and above the entrance a red ox.
satvrn |
mars [&] jv | piter |
sol [&] venvs |
The Red Ox and the dates 1562 and 1737 |
mer | cvri | us [&] lvna |
clio [&] evterpa |
tha | lia [&] erato |
terpsi | chore [&] vrania |
On the top of the gable is a polychrone statue of a bearded soldier with a flag.
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