The Tiber
Ukendt
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Date:
Type:
Figure group
Materials:
Bronze, granite
Measurements:
Pictures
Facts
Inscription:
On the front of the granite plinth carved: "TIBEREN"
Owner:
Copenhagen Municipality
Donated by:
The Albertina Foundation
Prework:
The bronze figure was cast after an ancient Roman sculpture in the Louvre in Paris, inv. no. 593
Placement
Address:
Søtorvet in the gardens to the right of Dronning Louises Bro
Litterature
Recommended litterature:
Ellinor Wesche: Friluftskunsten i København, København 1932, 51. Monumenter Mindesmærker og Statuer i København Frederiksberg og Gjentofte, København 1944, 27. Legatet 'Albertina'. I anledning af legatets 80 aars dag den 18. november 1959, København 1959, 7-8, 16. Bent Zinglersen: Københavnske monumenter og mindesmærker, København 1974, 58. Bent Zinglersen: Københavnske monumenter og mindesmærker, København 1974, 195-96. Erik Wassard i: København før og nu – og aldrig. En billedkavalkade om København inden for voldene og søerne, red. Bo Bramsen, Bind 10: Nørrevold, Østervold og Kastellet, København 1990, pp. 178-79. Jens Peter Munk: Bronze & granit. Monumenter i Københavns Kommune, København 2005, 160, 175. Bonnie Mürsch: Noahs Ark. En billedbog med rim og remser om dyr i by og i bur, København 2011, 279.
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Description
The group was erected on 30 July 1901 as a counterpart to The Nile. Although the Tiber is very modest in relation to the Nile, the figurative representation of the river running through Rome is a giant of just as great a size.
He is resting on his elbow and holding a horn of plenty in one hand and in the other a tiller symbolising wealth and communiction respectively. By his side lies the Roman she-wolf suckling the twins Romulus and Remus. On the sides of the bronze base can be seen animal motifs (horses, sheep, cows and tigers) and figures bathing. Others represent mercantile life.
The original was found in 1512 in the Isis Temple of Iseo Campense near S. Maria sopra Minerva in Rome, from where it was taken to Paris.
