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Bethmannstraße 7
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Winzer und Kellermeister

Winemaker and Winegrower

Gustav Herold
c. 1908

Frankfurt am Main / Winzer und Kellermeister

Beschreibung / Description

The portal of the Ratskeller is crowned by a large wine barrel with the coat of arms of Frankfurt, flanked by two columns wich statues of a Kellermeister (winemaker) and a Winzer (winegrower).

Signiert / Signature

(both) G. Herold

Anmerkung / Annotation

Built 1900-1908 after designs from the architects Ludwig Neher and Franz von Hoven.

Künstler*in / Artist

Gustav Herold (Liestal, Switzerland 1839 - Frankfurt am Main 1928), German sculptor (Wikipedia).

Quellen & Informationen / Sources & Information

Willi Stubenvoll, 'Das Frankfurter Rathaus 1896-1901', p. 415-451 in Ekkehard Mai et al., Das Rathaus im Kaiserreich: Kunstpolitische Aspekte einer Bauaufgabe des 19. Jahrhunderts (Berlin, 1982).
Das alte Rathaus. Notizen zum Denkmalschutz 8 (Frankfurt am Main: Der Stadtkonservator, Dezernat Planung, 2014).

Stichworte / Tags

Lage / Location (N 50°6'38" - E 8°40'51") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: dehs184; Photograph: 28 September 2014
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