Ball player
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Ball player in the garden of Haus Wiegand
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The ball player is a statue that the Danish sculptor Georg Christian Freund created in 1857.
Freund was known for his genre scenes, which also often showed ancient or antique themes. The ball player is a modern adaptation of basic athletic attitudes, which were mainly created in Classical and Hellenistic times in ancient Greece, such as the Doryphoros (spear bearer) of Polyklet or the Diskobolos (discus thrower) of Myron .
The bronze sculpture, created in the 19th century, shows a naked athletic youth. His nakedness is covered by a cloak that has fallen on his right leg, which is placed far forward. The right arm rests on the leg and prevents the coat from slipping further. The bent upper body is at an angle of about 45 ° to the thigh of the outstretched leg. The left leg under the body primarily takes on the function of the supporting leg . The left arm is raised, there is also about a 45 ° angle between the upper and lower arm. The ball lies in the fingers. The gaze of the player, who is evidently in the aiming phase, is directed towards them and towards the target. The slightly smaller than life-size figure stands on a corresponding oval plinth , which in turn stands on an oval stone base.
The plaster model created by the artist and the first cast perished in the fire at Christiansborg Palace in Copenhagen in 1884. There are three other known casts: One in the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek in Copenhagen, another in the Statens Museum for Kunst in Copenhagen and a third in the Nationalgalerie Berlin , which previously belonged to the archaeologist Theodor Wiegand . This is now on permanent loan in his former home, Haus Wiegand in Berlin-Dahlem , where it is set up on the terrace in the garden of the house, as it was during Wiegand's lifetime.
literature
- Wolfram Hoepfner , Fritz Neumeyer (editor): The Wiegand house of Peter Behrens in Berlin-Dahlem. Building history and art objects of a manorial house , Philipp von Zabern, Mainz 2004, ISBN 3-8053-0399-8 (The German Archaeological Institute. History and Documents, Volume 6), pp. 138-139, no. 36.
- Martin Maischberger : From Constantinople to Berlin: Theodor Wiegand's collection of ancient art in the Dahlem villa , In: Klaus Rheidt , Barbara Anna Lutz (editor): Peter Behrens, Theodor Wiegand and the villa in Dahlem , Philipp von Zabern, Mainz 2004, ISBN 3 -8053-3374-9 , pp. 57-82, 187.
