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Bathing Boy

Carl Seffner
1909

Description

Fountain basin in a niche with in the center a boy squeezing his wet sponge over his head.

The pair of fountains Bathing Boy and Bathing Girl was installed at the beginning of the 20th century in the passageway of the Town Hall from the Markt to the Naschmarkt.

Sculptor

Carl Seffner (Leipzig 1861 - Leipzig 1932), German sculptor (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Leipzig-Lexikon, Brunnen.
Das schöne Detail..., Brunnen und Wasserspiele in Leipzig: In der Leipziger Innenstadt.
Wikipedia, Brunnen in Leipzig.

Locatie (N 51°20'25" - E 12°22'31") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: desn122; Photograph: 4 September 2022
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