Tubalcain
Vilhelm Bissen
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Date:
1881
Type:
Statue
Materials:
Bronze, granite
Measurements:
Pictures
Facts
Betegnelse:
On the front of the bronze base, top right: "BISSEN"
Inscription:
On the front of the bronze base inscribed in relief: "TUBALKAIN"; on the front top of the granite plinth a carved inscription: "TUBALKAIN"
Owner:
Copenhagen Municipality
Donated by:
The Albertina Foundation
Prework:
Statuette in fired clay. C. 1880. 23 x 9.2 x 10 cm.
Aarhus Kunstmuseum, Inv. no. S 11
Placement
Address:
Sølvgade near the Botanical Gardens
Litterature
Recommended litterature:
Ellinor Wesche: Friluftskunsten i København, København 1932, 43. Monumenter Mindesmærker og Statuer i København Frederiksberg og Gjentofte, København 1944, 26. Legatet 'Albertina'. I anledning af legatets 80 aars dag den 18. november 1959, København 1959, 9, 14. Bent Zinglersen: Københavnske monumenter og mindesmærker, København 1974, 58. Bent Zinglersen: Københavnske monumenter og mindesmærker, København 1974, 192
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Description
In Genesis, Chapter 4, it is told that Cain's great-great-grandfather Lemek had three sons, one of whom was Tubalcain, who became the first ancestor of all who forge in copper and iron.
The statue is placed near what used to be the Technological University. This suggested a symbolical link between the figure of Tubalcain and technological progress.
