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Thüringen

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Fassadenskulpturen des Gildehauses

Façade Sculptures of the Guild House

Die Vier Kardinaltugenden - The four cardinal virtues

1883-92

Erfurt / Fassadenskulpturen des Gildehauses

Description

The Gildhaus was built in Neorenaissance style in two fases, 1882-83 and 1892-93 fitting to the Haus zum Breiten Herd for which it was an extension. The left wing has in the frieze the date 1883, and in the top the year 1892.

A stone relief frieze between the first and second floor of the Gildehaus shows in four fields the four cardinal virtues as allegorical women sitting in a landscape.

justitia Gerechtigkeit / Justice Blindfolded woman with a sword and an eagle.	prudentia Klugheit / Prudence Woman with a scroll (text: 'Per Crucem ad Lucem') and an owl.
fortitudo Tapferkeit / Courage Woman with a club and a lion.	temperantia Mäßigung / Moderation Woman with a gobleet and a bread.

In the frieze is a shield with the text: auctor carol walther, mercator, ædificator carol. fruehling arch. consiliar. a.d. 1883

In the façade of the left wing of the house are three niches above each other with statues:

Maria mit Kind / St. Mary with Child

Mercurius

Woman with wine can

The right wing has a gable topped with a statue of a man with a halbert, flanked by putti blowing on horns. In the tympan a head of a bearded man.

Sources & Information

Erfurt-lese.de, Haus zum Breiten Herd und das Gildehaus.
Hans Müller, Thüringen: Landschaft, Kultur und Geschichte im 'grünen Herzen' Deutschlands (1996), p. 129-130.
Wikipedia, Haus zum Breiten Herd (Erfurt).

Locatie (N 50°58'41" - E 11°1'43") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: deth151; Photograph: 12 October 2018
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