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Carl Nielsen Mindet

Monument for Carl Nielsen

Fyen 1865 - København 1931
Danish Composer
(Wikipedia)

Anne Marie Carl-Nielsen
1939

Description

Bronze sculpture of Pan, the spirit of music, sitting on the wingless Pegasus (the symbol of poetry) and listening to wind and weather.

Inscription(s)

reist for
CARL NIELSEN

*fyen 1865
+københavn 1931

Erected for
Carl Nielsen

* Fyn 1865
+ København 1931

Information Sign

carl nielsen mindet
af anne marie carl nielsen
1863-1945
opstillet 1939
københavns kommune

Carl Nielsen Monument
by Anne Marie Carl Nielsen
1863-1945
Erected 1939
Town of Copenhagen

Annotation

The sculptress was the wife of Carl Nielsen.

Sculptor

Anne Marie Carl-Nielsen (Sønder Stenderup 1863 - København 1945), Danish sculptress (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Jens Peter Munk, Monumenter.
Kees van Tilburg, From Marcus Aurelius to Kim Jong-il: The story of equestrian statues throughout the ages (Amstelveen, 2017). – see also the Equestrian statue website.

Locatie (N 55°41'27" - E 12°35'19") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: dk031; Photograph: 10 July 2009
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