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(Alte Nationalgalerie - Kolonnadenhof)

Centaur und Nymphe

Centaur and Nymph

Reinhold Begas
Bronzegießerei Gladenbeck (Friedrichshagen bei Berlin)
1881-86

Description

Sculpture of a young woman trying to mount on a centaur's broad back, who has crouched down helpfully and reaches back with his left hand to help her climb up.

A slightly different version of this sculpture is in the Stadtpark in Dessau.

Signature

R. Begas

Information Sign

R. BEGAS
KENTAUR MIT NYMPHE

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.

Sculptor

Reinhold Begas (Schöneberg 1831 - Schöneberg 1911), German sculptor (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Museumsinsel Berlin, Die Skulpturen des Kolonnadenhofes.
Bildhauerei in Berlin, Karte.
Wikipedia, Kentaur und Nymphe (Begas).

Locatie (N 52°31'15" - E 13°23'55") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: debe129; Photograph: 31 August 2022
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