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Gottfried Semper

Hamburg 1803 - Roma 1879
German architect, art critic, and professor of architecture
(Wikipedia)

Johannes Schilling
1892

Beschreibung / Description

Bronze statue.

Beschriftung(en) / Inscription(s)

gottfried
SEMPER

Signiert / Signature

Johannes Schilling 1891

Anmerkung / Annotation

Founded by the Verband Deutscher Architekten und Ingenieure (Association of German Architects and Engineers), because the Royal Saxon Court and the city of Dresden gave no money because Gottfried Semper's participation at the 1849 May Uprising in Dresden, despite his achievements in the Dresden architecture.

Künstler / Artist

Johannes Schilling (Mitweida 1828 - Dresden 1910), German sculptor, his portrait is on the Fürstenzug (Wikipedia).

Quellen & Informationen / Sources & Information

Stadt- und Reiseführer für Dresden und Umland, Landeshauptstadt Dresden.
Virtualcity Dresden, Denkmäle in Dresden.

Stichworte / Tags

Lage / Location (N 51°3'9" - E 13°44'38") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: desn006; Photograph: 21 January 2011
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