City fountain Friesach
The city fountain Friesach is one of the largest fountains in Carinthia .
history
The Renaissance - Fountain was Leonhard von Keutschach II, the nephew of the same name Salzburg. Archbishop , for the courtyard of the castle Tanzenberg been commissioned. The fountain, created in 1562/63 by an unknown master from Carinthia or Styria, bears witness to the influence of Venetian sculpture, especially Jacopo Sansovino and his group of students. The bronze fountain attachment originally served as a table sculpture and was made in Nuremberg ( Hans Peisser ?) Or Augsburg . In 1802 the fountain was transferred to the main square in Friesach .
description
The three-tiered fountain consists of an octagonal basin in which three life-size tritons , standing back to one another, hold the larger fountain bowl. This is adorned with four bearded faces and a Friesach coat of arms from 1804. In the lower fountain bowl there are four putt-like children's figures holding a smaller fountain bowl in their hands. The conclusion is formed by a bronze group with Neptune at the top, four dancing putti, griffin heads as outflows and dolphins as cock handles.
On the reliefs of the lower basin, scenes from Greek mythology are depicted:
The rape of Persephone .
Poseidon rises from the sea with his four horses.
Amphitrite , the wife of Poseidon, rides a sea monster. She is surrounded by shell-blowing tritons.
Leda and the swan and the twins Castor and Polydeukes .
The reliefs are flanked by rectangular reliefs that show, in addition to the floral elements, greyhounds, birds, musical instruments and the Keutschacher turnip, as well as scrollwork cartouches with the date of origin "MDLXII" (1562) and the transfer date "TRANSLATUS MDCCCII" (1802).
literature
- Dehio manual. The art monuments of Austria. Carinthia . Anton Schroll, Vienna 2001, ISBN 3-7031-0712-X , p. 173 f.
- Austrian Art Topography - Volume LI - The Profane Architectural and Art Monuments of the City of Friesach . Anton Schroll and Co, Vienna 2001, ISBN 3-7031-0665-4 , pp. 206-210.
- Barbara Kienzl , Wilhelm Deuer: Renaissance in Carinthia - With a contribution by Eckart Vancsa . Carinthia Verlag, Klagenfurt 1196, ISBN 3-85378-438-0 , p. 67.
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Coordinates: 46 ° 57 ′ 1.5 ″ N , 14 ° 24 ′ 17.5 ″ E