Drengen På Svanen (The Boy on a Swan) - Copenhagen, Denmark
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The Boy on a Swan Fountain is located in the center of the formal Rosenborg Castle Gardens (Kongens Have) in Copenhagen, Denmark
Waymark Code: WMHRA7
Location: Denmark
Date Posted: 08/08/2013
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The Boy on a Swan (Danish: Drengen På Svanen)is a 5' high bronze sculpture in the center of a fountain in the Rosenborg Castle Gardens. A 4' high boy is straddling a larger swan. He has his hands around the neck of the swan, which is pointing straight up. The swan has its wings slightly outspread while spraying a stream of water straight up from its beak. The water, then, falls back down onto the sculpture and into a 40' diameter circular granite basin.
The sculpture was created by Hermann Ernst Freund in 1837. It replaced a similar sandstone sculpture that was originally installed in 1738. A sign near the fountain is inscribed:
DRENGEN PÅ SVANEN
AF HERMANN ERNST FREUND
1785 - 1840
1837
Name or use 'Unknown' if not known: Drengen På Svanen (The Boy on a Swan)
Figure Type: Combination of two figure types
Artist Name or use 'Unknown' if not known: Hermann Ernst Freund
Date created or placed or use 'Unknown' if not known: 1837
Materials used: bronze
Location: Rosenborg Castle Gardens
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