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Fassadenskulpturen des Hauses zum Breiten Herd

Façade Sculptures of the House of the Wide Stove

Die fünf Sinne des Menschen - The five senses of man
16th century sculptor & Frans Floris de Vriendt I
1584

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Description

The Haus zum Breiten Herd was built in 1584.

A stone relief frieze between the first and second floor of the house shows in five fields poychrome reliefs of the five senses of man represented as allegorical women sitting in a landscape accompanied by an animal. The stonecutter followed the examples by Frans Floris de Vriendt I. The frieze is in 2005 restored and reconstructed.

Erfurt - Fassadenskulpturen des Hauses zum Breiten Herd
visvs
Sehen / Sight
Woman with mirror and an eagle.
Erfurt - Fassadenskulpturen des Hauses zum Breiten Herd
avditvs
Hören / Sound
Woman with musical instruments and a deer.
Erfurt - Fassadenskulpturen des Hauses zum Breiten Herd
odoratvs
Riechen / Smell
Woman with a basket of flowers and a dog.
Erfurt - Fassadenskulpturen des Hauses zum Breiten Herd
gvstvs
Schmecken / Taste
Woman with a basket of fruit and a monkey.
Erfurt - Fassadenskulpturen des Hauses zum Breiten Herd
tactvs
Fühlen / Touch
Woman with a falcon and a turtle.

The gable is topped with a statue of a man with a flag. In the tympanum a head of a bearded man.

Erfurt - Fassadenskulpturen des Hauses zum Breiten Herd

Sculptors

Sources & Information

Tags

  • Country: Germany
  • Man with flag
  • Senses (five)
  • Sight
  • Smell
  • Sound (allegory)
  • Taste
  • Touch
  • Vriendt I, Frans Floris de
  • Locatie (N 50°58'41" - E 11°1'43") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

    Item Code: deth152; Photograph: 12 October 2018
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