Albertina Frieze Sphinx - Vienna, Austria
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N 48° 12.268 E 016° 22.109
33U E 601677 N 5339931
A female sphinx is one of the figures on the frieze over the Albertina Museum in Vienna.
Waymark Code: WMM38F
Location: Wien, Austria
Date Posted: 07/13/2014
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The Albertina Museum has a frieze over the side of its building which features a man and woman on either side of a set of seals or coats of arms. At the foot of the seals is a lion on the left and a female sphinx on the right. Since the viewer can only see the front of the sphinx from the ground... it's nature can be verified by looking at the paws of the crouching female figure. The man on the left holds a lyre while the woman n the right is in military garb and wears a helmet and carries a spear.
Statue Name: unknown
Style: Greek
Medium: appears to be marble
Head Type: Woman
Street Address:
Albertina 1
Vienna, Wien Austria
Specify Other Head: Not listed
Head Namesake: Not listed
Website: Not listed
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