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Moor Fountain: Overall view

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posted on 2017-07-05, 00:00 authored by G. Massiot & cie
Statue of the Moorish king, Kaspar (shown as a Black man in the traditional iconography of the three kings of the Nativity of Jesus). It is brightly painted. The column dates from 1520, and the decagonale (ten-sided) trough was probably created by Augustin Henkel. It is part of a Late Gothic or early Renaissance tradition in Swiss city fountains, most executed between 1535-1560. The most significant sculptors in this genre were Hans Geiler (fl 1513-1534), Hans Gieng (fl 1525-1562) and Laurent Perroud (fl 1584-1585).

History

Alt Title

Mohrenbrunnen

Date Created

1910-01-01

Date Modified

2017-07-05

Spatial Coverage

Schaffhausen, Schaffhausen, Switzerland|Schaffhausen|+47.696895+8.63333

Temporal Coverage

before or circa 1910

Cultural Context

['Renaissance', 'Sixteenth century']

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To view the physical lantern slide, please contact the Architecture Library.

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