5696 x 8544 px | 48,2 x 72,3 cm | 19 x 28,5 inches | 300dpi
Date de la prise de vue:
23 août 2017
Lieu:
Maximilianstraße, Augsburg, Germany
Informations supplémentaires:
The Hercules Fountain is next to the Augustus Fountain and Mercury Fountain one of the three magnificent fountains in Augsburg . The fountain is located in Maximilianstraße , directly in front of the main entrance of Schaezlerpalais . The Herkulesbrunnen was modeled in the years 1597 to 1600 by Adriaen de Vries , then cast by Wolfgang Neidhardt in Augsburg and erected in 1602 on the wine market in front of the Siegelhaus. Until the year 1809 south of the fountain in the middle of the present-day Maximilianstrasse stood a train that reached to Ulrichsplatz and was aligned with the facade of the Siegelhaus towards the Hercules Fountain. The base of the Herkulesbrunnens is three-sided. Standing on a strong base, the three-meter-high bronze group shows the prototype of all heroes, the muscular, naked Hercules with the winner's bandage in his hair. In his hand, he holds a flame club to slay the seven-headed, scaly and winged monster, the Hydra . According to the legend, Hercules needed the Flame Mace to scorch the roots of the severed heads and prevent the Hydra from spawning new heads. In this way is represented the victory of man over the wild power of water and the power of fire. Three naiads sit on the cornice-like ledge of the broader lower pillar block. Through their activities, they address the element of the water. One woman wrings a cloth, a second brushes the water out of her hair, a third pours out of a jug of water on the crossed legs. These female figures can also be seen as goddesses of time and fate: Clotho , the spinner of the thread of life, Lachesis , who determines the length of the life thread, and Atropos , who inevitably cuts the thread. Here, the idea of the thread of life seems to be transferred to that of the vital water. The three depictions of women are very similar to those of Giovanni da Bologna in Florence . Underneath the protruding clam shells are three men with shells and fish in their hands, identifying them as sea gods.
