Diana with jumping antelope
Diana with a jumping antelope is a sculpture by the sculptor Fritz Behn , which is set up on the Sachsenring in the Neustadt-Süd district of Cologne .
description
The figure and animal sculpture set up on the median of the Sachsenring near the confluence of the Eifelstrasse was created in 1916 by the sculptor Fritz Behn as a movement study made of bronze. Diana , the goddess of the hunt, is depicted with just one toe on the ground in unison with the jumping antelope .
The sculpture was previously set up in the Rheinpark and on the Deutsches Ring (today: Theodor-Heuss-Ring).
In mid-February 2015, the plastic was damaged by vandalism, with the right front leg being broken off.
literature
- Georg Dehio: Handbook of the German art monuments. North Rhine-Westphalia I. Deutscher Kunstverlag 2005, p. 760.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Man finds the leg of an antelope in the park. Kölnische Rundschau of February 18, 2015, accessed on February 19, 2015.
Coordinates: 50 ° 55 ′ 33.7 " N , 6 ° 56 ′ 51.1" E