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Funerary Monument to Dr. Gabriel Riesser (1806–1863) at Ohlsdorf Cemetery, Hamburg (1865)
https://dx.doi.org/10.23691/jgo:source-25.en.v1
Albert Rosengarten
Institute for the History of the German Jews
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Three-tiered classicist funerary monument made of sandstone and white
marble, ca. 400x170x100 cm (without foundation). A base made of
Oberkirchen sandstone supports the marble middle section featuring a
frontal mid-relief framed by four Corinthian columns bearing a gabled
roof with six acroteria. The relief block shows a half-dressed female
figure raising herself above a snake stretched out at her feet while
holding a sword in her right hand – possibly an allegory on
truth’s triumph over falsehood, although it has also often been
interpreted as a depiction of “Justitia” or “Libertas.” The
front of the base and the back of the middle section bear the name of
the deceased, “Dr. Gabriel Riesser,” engraved in relief while the
dates of his birth and death are engraved on the sides of the middle
section – on the beholder’s left according to the Christian
calendar and on the right according to the Jewish calendar.
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