Year of construction:
1895
Design:
Friedrich Zadow
Implementation:
Christoph Lenz
Location:
Depiction:
A nymph sits on a pedestal with two naked boys. The boys are playing with a goose.
Water bubbles out of grotesque animal heads on the pedestal, as well as from the nymph's jug and the goose's beak.
The pedestal of the fountain is placed on a rock base.
The entire complex is modeled on Baroque designs.
History:
The fountain was donated by Maximilian Brust in 1895 and cost 250,000 gold marks, a very large sum at the time.
Maximilian Brust was the owner of the United Franconian Shoe Factories.
Reference:
Stadtlexikon Nürnberg, herausgegeben von Michael Diefenbacher und Rudolf Endres, W. Tümmels Verlag, Nürnberg, 2000.
Berühmte Nürnberger aus neun Jahrhunderten, Herausgeber Christoff von Imhoff, Verlag Albert Hofmann, Nürnberg, 1984.
Das große Buch der Baustile, Herbert Pothorn, Südwest Verlag München, 1986.
dtv Brockhaus Lexikon in 20 Bänden, Verlag F. A. Brockhaus, Mannheim, 1989.