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Jönköping
Jönköping

Munkplan
(Munksjöparken)

Hermes och Pan

Hermes and Pan

Memorial for Knut Ottonin Ljungkvist (Karlstad 1836 - Jönköping? 1896), the founder of Munksjö AB.

Axel Wallenberg
1952

Description

Bronze sculpture in fountain.

Inscription(s)

Text on pedestal unreadable because of the water from the fountain.

Signature

axel wallenberg / 1952

Mercurius' attributes

Mercurius/Hermes is usually depicted as a young man wearing winged shoes (talaria) and a winged hat (petasos), and carrying the caduceus, a herald's staff with two entwined snakes that was Apollo's gift to Hermes

Sculptor

Axel Wallenberg (Nässjö 1898 - Danderyd 1996), Swedish sculptor (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Jönköpings Kommun, Konstskatter.

Locatie (N 57°46'27" - E 14°9'25") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: se007; Photograph: 19 July 2009
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