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La Nymphe, La Naïade ou la Source

The Nymph, the Naiad or the Source

La Fontaine Johnston

Charles Pêtre
1869

Metz / La Nymphe, La Naïade <i>ou</i> la Source

Description

Statue of a nude women holding a jar upside-down high in her arms.

Adam Johnston (1784-1860), an Englishman who lived on the rue Serpenoise, gave on 8 December 1860, three days before his death, 10,000 francs to the city so that on the Esplanade a fountain could be erected in his name. It was inaugurated 14 August 1869.

Inscription(s)

DON DE
A JOHNSTON

Signature

ch. pètre 1869

Sculptor

Charles Pêtre, or Pètre (Metz 1828 - 1907), French sculptor (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

e-Monumen.net, Monumen.
Wikipedia, Esplanade de Metz.

Locatie (N 49°6'58" - E 6°10'17") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: frlo186; Photograph: 27 May 2019
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