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Zwei Frauenbilder des Barocks

Two Women's Statues of the Baroque

Johannes Hartmann & Christian Döring
1736 (copy 1930)

Description

Two stone statues of female figures on pilasters. One has a a scroll in her hand. The other has a hawk in her right hand and a heron is biting her left thigh. This could be interpreted as symbols of fertility.. Both statues came from the Jöchers Haus on the Markt, which was destroyed in 1943. The original statues were sculpted by Christian Döring, and because these were very weathered, Hartmann made in the 1930 new copies.

Leipzig - Zwei Frauenbilder des Barocks
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Figure with a scroll.
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Figure with heron and hawk

Sculptors

Christian Döring (Leipzig 1677 - Leipzig 1750), Leipzig architect and master builder of the Baroque period (Wikipedia).
Johannes Hartmann (Leipzig 1869 - Naumburg 1952), German sculptor (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Universität Leipzig, Die Katharinenstraße.
Wikipedia, Jöchers Haus.
Leipziger Zeitung, 7 May 2011, Feierliche Eröffnung des Katharinums: Zwei zauberhafte 400-Kilogramm-Damen enthüllt.

Locatie (N 51°20'32" - E 12°22'30") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: desn121; Photograph: 4 September 2022
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