Year of construction:
1880
Design:
Friedrich Wanderer
Implementation:
Lenz Art Foundry
Location:
Depiction:
A bagpiper stands on a cylindrical base and plays his bagpipe.
History:
The fountain figure at Unschlittplatz is based on a design by the Nuremberg artist Friedrich Wanderer, who created it from a wooden model made of willow wood dating from the first half of the 16th century.
The wooden model is associated with Albrecht Dürer's 1514 copper engraving "The Bagpiper"
This wooden model has been housed in the Germanisches Nationalmuseum since 1880. The figure was cast by the local art foundry Lenz.
The fountain was originally put up in 1880 at the intersection of Ebnersgasse and Heugäßchen.
After the destruction caused by the Second World War, it was moved to its current location with a new base.
Reference:
Frank Matthias Kammel: Der Nürnberger Dudelsackpfeifer. Monatsanzeiger des Germanischen Nationalmuseums, Januar 2003.