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Fountain Nymph

August Volz & Mirdza Lukaža
1887 (1986)

Description

Fountain with in the center a sea nymph holding a large shell above her head, at her four are four putti and dolphins and a turtle.

Annotation

Copy of the original by Mirdza Lukaža.

Sculptors

Mirdza Lukaža (1930), Latvian sculptor.
August Volz - Latvian Augusts Folcs (Magdeburg 1851 - Riga 1926), German-Latvian sculptor from Riga (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Wikipedia, Kanālmalas apstādījumi.
Rīgas pieminekļu aģentüra.

Locatie (N 56°57'0" - E 24°6'47") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: lv043; Photograph: 10 July 2013
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