Rosenburg Fountain - Chicago, Illinois
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N 41° 52.119 W 087° 37.428
16T E 448232 N 4635380
A statue of Hebe stands atop the Rosenburg Fountain
Waymark Code: WM3XWQ
Location: Illinois, United States
Date Posted: 06/02/2008
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1893, Bronze figure, H 11 ft.
City of Chicago Public Art Collection
LOCATION:
Grant Park Michigan Ave. at 11th St.
Remembering the city of his birth, Joseph Rosenberg (1848 – 91) left $10,000 in his will to provide Chicagoans with a decorative drinking fountain. The donor’s large and successful family, seeking greater opportunities in America, emigrated from Bavaria and settled in Chicago. The fountain, by German artist Franz Machtl, features a classical figure of the Greek goddess Hebe, daughter of Zeus and Hera, and cupbearer to the gods.