Portalen de Krankenhauses zu Elberfeld (Portals of the hospital in Elberfeld), before 1913, by Ernst Ohly and William F. C. Ohly

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Portalen de Krankenhauses zu Elberfeld (Portals of the hospital in Elberfeld), before 1913, by Ernst Ohly and William F. C. Ohly

before 1913

William F. C. Ohly (1883–1955) and Ernst Ohly (1877–1916)

physical object

stone relief

Bildhauer Ernst Und William, Frankfurt A.M. U. Köln A.Rh. - Verschiedene Architektur-Plastiken', Moderne Bauformen: Monatshefte für Architektur und Raumkunst XII, no. 6 (June 1913): illustrated p. 297

Two carved supraportals for a hospital in Elberfeld. One depicts a naked infant boy, or putti, holding a bird, set within a shell-like grotto surrounded by furled vegetable elements. The other depicts a young child wearing only a fluted cape, which streams behind him, as he sits astride a leaping billy goat, holding the animal by the horns. Below are some curling fronds of vegetation and a small lizard-like creature. Both supraportes are set within shallow recessed demi-lunes over external doorways flanked by carved classical columns.

Sculpture, German -- 20th century.
Doorways -- Germany.

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Jane Eckett

Frankfurt am Main, Cassel, Germany

Elberfeld Hospital, Wuppertal in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Bildhauer Ernst Und William, Frankfurt A.M. U. Köln A.Rh. - Verschiedene Architektur-Plastiken', Moderne Bauformen: Monatshefte für Architektur und Raumkunst XII, no. 6 (June 1913): illustrated p. 297

Architect: "Stadtbaurat Lehmann zu Elberfeld." (City planning officer Lehmann of Elberfeld). Elberfeld has been a municipal subdivision of Wuppertal in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, since 1929. The significance of the child riding a goat is not established, though legends of the so-called Bokkenrijders or Buckriders were prevalent in parts of Germany as well as the Netherlands, Belgium. Buckriders were believed to be bandits who made a pact with the devil. Present whereabouts of the portal carvings unknown.

Moderne Bauformen: Monatshefte für Architektur und Raumkunst, 1913

Moderne Bauformen: Monatshefte für Architektur und Raumkunst, 1913

08 December 2023