Replica of the 'Jüngling' (Youth), one of Grasser's 16 morris dancers by Klucker. Placed in the passage between Marienplatz and Tal.
Inscription(s)
moriskentänzer von
ERASMUS GRASSER
1480
nachgebildet von hans klucker
gestiftet von johannes goldner
1980
Annotation
In the late 15th century Grasser created 16 realistic animated wooden figures for the dancing hall of the Munich town hall, called the morris dancers. 10 of those are preseved and now kept in the Stadtmuseum of München.
Sculptors
Erasmus Grasser (in Schmidmühlen, Oberpfalz, ca. 1450-München 1518), German sculptor (Wikipedia).
Hans Klucker, of Holzschnitzerei Klucker, Oberammergau (Website).
