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Sculptures de la façade de la Maison des Adam

Sculptures on the façade of the Adam House

(Wikipedia)

Jacob Sigisbert Adam
c. 1720

Nancy / Sculptures de la façade de la Maison des Adam

Description

The façade of the house of the Adam family of sculptors is adorned with sculpture:

The ground floor has a frieze with four symbolic animals (elephant, horse, camel, crocodile) representing the four continents.
On the first floor, on a console, is a statue a woman is accompanied by geniuses, representing the Earth. Above the windows are other geniuses with instruments of the architect, sculptor, painter and musician.
On the second floor between the windows Mars the god of war, with under him in a cartouche Venus with Eros. Other deities adorn the tops of windows on the left, Jupiter and Juno, right, Neptune and Amphitrite (not on our photos).
On the third floor between the windows Apollo with his lyre, with under him in a cartouche Saturn with his scythe, and above him in a cartouche Bacchus (not on our photos).

Mars and Venus

Apollo and Saturn

Africa and Europe

Asia and America

Sculptor

Jacob Sigisbert Adam (Nancy 1670 - Nancy 1747), French sculptor, father of Nicolas Sébastien Adam (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Monuments Historiques de Nancy, Maison des Adam.
Bruno Denise, L'ensemble architectural de Nancy.

Locatie (N 48°41'29" - E 6°11'2") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: frlo094; Photograph: 14 June 2011
Of each statue we made photos from various angles and also detail photos of the various texts.
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