Troy chimney
The Troy chimney in Hugenpoet Castle was created in 1577. It is one of the “most brilliant works of the late Renaissance in the Rhineland and Westphalia, which was under Dutch influence”. The chimney is one of three Renaissance chimneys made of Baumberg sandstone with reliefs from the years 1560 to 1578, which originally came from Horst Castle and later moved to Hugenpoet Castle.
description
In Die Kunstdenkmäler der Stadt und der Kreis Düsseldorf, Paul Clemen describes the work of art in detail, which is "finer in its individual execution and more pompous in its decoration".
Lower part
The lowest part consists of two feet - "formed by female herms, which carry an Ionic capital on the head adorned with curls and the richly decorated console above, the number 1578 on the left, the letters DNW on the right".
architrave
An architrave rests on the two feet. The subject is the fire of Troy . Three figures in high relief structure a bas-relief. In the middle Jupiter with sword and lightning between his feet the eagle, right Mercury, left Venus. The bas-relief shows a conquered city on the left, the inhabitants flee in boats, they are pursued by the victors on horses. In the background in the bas-relief rider pulling across a bridge. On the right side the fire of Troy is depicted, in the foreground women collapsing and fleeing are shown, on the right groups from the Raffaelsche fire of the Borgo. On the narrow sides on the right Pyramus and Thisbe at the fountain, on the left the judgment of Paris.
Essay
The top shows a protruding, flat ornamental gable, the architrave of which is supported by herms, each of which is connected by two festoons. In the middle there is the figure of Curtius on a horse with a shield and sword to override a gap that opens under the horse's hooves. On the sides are the figures of Mars and Minerva in niches between flat pilasters. On the narrow sides, the coat of arms of the von der Horst family is on the right, and the coat of arms of the von Palandt family on the left .
graduation
The crowning glory of the essay is the double coat of arms of von der Horst and von Palandt and the number 1577. It is located between the seated figures of two bound naked people.
literature
- Elmar Alshut: The iconographic program of the Horster Troja chimney . In: Institute for Architecture, Art and Cultural History in North and West Germany at the Weser Renaissance Museum Schloss Brake (Ed.): Contributions to the Renaissance between 1520 and 1570 . Jonas, Marburg 1991, ISBN 3-89445-113-0 , pp. 77-101 ( materials on art and cultural history in northern and western Germany . Volume 2).
Individual evidence
- ^ A b c d Paul Clemen (ed.): The art monuments of the city and the district of Düsseldorf . L. Schwann, Düsseldorf 1894 ( Die Kunstdenkmäler der Rheinprovinz . Volume 3, Section 1), pp. 123–124 ( online ).
Coordinates: 51 ° 21 ′ 42.5 ″ N , 6 ° 55 ′ 2 ″ E