Dinglingerbrunnen

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Dinglingerbrunnen by Matthäus Daniel Pöppelmann, 1718
(restored by Werner Hepel in 1966)
Gewandhausstraße
Leipzig, September 2024

“The Dinglinger Fountain is a listed Baroque fountain in Dresden. It is considered the oldest surviving court fountain in the Saxon capital. It is named after Johann Melchior Dinglinger, court jeweler and goldsmith to Augustus the Strong, who had it constructed for himself. The Dinglinger Fountain is located at the northern end of the west façade of the New Gewandhaus, now the Gewandhaus Hotel, in Dresden's inner old town. It stands along a footpath and is attached directly to the building's outer wall, framing a barred window. The entire work is made of Elbe sandstone. The fountain basin rests on a double-tailed, fish-like creature. Just above this basin, an open shell, flanked by two putti with cornucopias, forms a smaller basin. Embedded in the upright shell is a head – Jochen Hänsch explains it as the head of Triton, Stefan Hertzig writes only of a ‘male mask’. Around the fountain basin rises a portal-like frame, also around a window in its original location. On each side there is a pilaster, from whose console a putti grows. Above this are volutes with dolphins. The keystone shows the head of Bacchus. Above this lies a double-open shell with a gilded pearl, framed by four putti.” (Dinglingerbrunnen, Wikipedia)