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Berlin
(Bezirk Mitte)
Stadt Berlin
Land Berlin

Bodestraße 1-3
(Alte Nationalgalerie - Kolonnadenhof)

Bogenspannerin

Archer

Also named: Amazone, or Diana

Ferdinand Lepcke
1905-06

Beschreibung / Description

Sculpture of a female nude with a stretched bow.

Informationsschild / Information Sign

F. LEPCKE
BOGENSPANNERIN

Sculptures of the Kolonnadenhof

The colonnade courtyard "Kolonnadenhof" connects the building ensemble of the Old National Gallery, the New Museum and the Pergamon Museum on the Museum Island. It is enclosed on three sides by columns and pillars and has numerous bronze sculptures exhibited as an open air museum.

Berlin - Alte Nationalgalerie - Kolonnadenhof
Northeast (Spree) side

Gerettet / Saved by Adolf Brütt, 1887.
Bogenspannerin / Archer by Ferdinand Lepcke, 1905-06.
Survival: Men don't protect you anymore, by Jenny Holzer, 1984 (not included on this site).
Hunne zu Pferde / Hun on Horseback by Erich Hösel, 1895.
Berlin - Alte Nationalgalerie - Kolonnadenhof
Southwest side (Neues Museum)

Diana by Reinhold Felderhoff, 1898.
Löwe / Lion by August Gaul ,1904.
Amazone zu Pferde / Amazon on Horseback by Louis Tuaillon, 1890/95.
Herkules mit dem nemeischen Löwen / Hercules with the Nemean Lion by Max Klein, 1878.
Der Sämann / The Sower by Constantin Meunier, 1896.

Künstler*in / Artist

Ferdinand Lepcke (Coburg 1866 - Berlin 1909), German sculptor (Wikipedia).

Quellen & Informationen / Sources & Information

Museumsinsel Berlin, Die Skulpturen des Kolonnadenhofes.

Stichworte / Tags

Lage / Location (N 52°31'13" - E 13°23'57") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: debe128; Photograph: 31 August 2022
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