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Franz Schubert

Himmelpfortgrund in Wien 1797 - Wien 1828
Austrian composer
(Wikipedia)

Margarete Tschaplowitz-Seifert
1929

Description

Granite obelisk of c. 3.8 m hight with a triangular ground plan, composed of three parts, with Schubert's head modelled in relief in a side view in the uppermost block. On the back is a stylised five-stringed lyre in the upper block and the inscription in the middle block.

Leipzig - Franz Schubert

Inscription(s)

dem genius
franz
schuberts
geweiht
auf
anregung
des
leipziger
männerchors
i. j.
1929

Dedicated
to the genius
of Franz
Schubert
at
suggestion
of the
Leipzig
men's choir
in the year
1929

Sculptor

Margarete Tschaplowitz-Seifert (Proskau [Prószków] 1889 - Naumburg an der Saale 1977), German sculptress from Leipzig (Biography).

Sources & Information

Leipzig-Lexikon, Denkmale.
Architektur-Blicklicht, Brunnen & Denkmäler.

Locatie (N 51°19'57" - E 12°21'32") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: desn116; Photograph: 4 September 2022
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