Caryatid - sandstone torso from Berlin Mitte
No. 13777
B 75cm x H 1m x T 75cm
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Description
This torso comes from the historical area of the Berlin Wilhelmstraße / Voßstraße.
According to the adjacent photo, it can be assumed that the caryatid stems from the neighboring house of Voßstraße 33 at that time. On the left side of the picture you can see the caryatid, which is designed as a counterpart. Accordingly, the object is dated to the 1880s.
Since the middle of the 18th century, impressive buildings have dominated this area. With the extension of the Friedrichstadt the Palais Marshal and in the south the building of the gold and silver manufactory were the first impressive buildings. After division of the plots, the Voßstraße was established. So that in addition to government buildings and representative townhouses of the northern ministerial gardens also some richly decorated houses emerged. Later, the entire complex was used together with the new extension as Ministry of Transport. As an important location of the National Socialists, almost all buildings were severely destroyed by the effects of the war. What remained was subsequently eliminated.
Sorce:http://deacademic.com/dic.nsf/dewiki/1476201#34.E2.80.9335
Historical picture:
Ende & Brockmann, Wohnhaus Voßstraße, Berlin. (Aus Atlas zur Zeitschrift für Bauwesen, hrsg. v. F. Endell, Jg 37, 1887)
https://architekturmuseum.ub.tu-berlin.de/P/208655.php
Measures and Weight
- Width: 750 mm
- Stärke/Tiefe: 750 mm
- Höhe/Länge: 1000 mm
Material
- Sandstone
Epoch
- Historism