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Fassadenskulpturen des Hauses zum Breiten HerdFaçade Sculptures of the House of the Wide StoveDie fünf Sinne des Menschen - The five senses of man |
16th century sculptor & Frans Floris de Vriendt I
1584 |
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.
visvs Sehen / Sight Woman with mirror and an eagle. |
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avditvs Hören / Sound Woman with musical instruments and a deer. |
odoratvs Riechen / Smell Woman with a basket of flowers and a dog. |
gvstvs Schmecken / Taste Woman with a basket of fruit and a monkey. |
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.
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