Marcus Hanke
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An important addendum on beautiful jacquemarts in Croatia
Our highly esteemed community member Damjan
Franjevic (Ares501) from Zagreb offered a highly interesting information on the "Green men of Dubrovnik":
I would like to take this opportunity and present most
famous Jacquemarts from
my country The Green Man of Dubrovnik.
These
are the Renaissance bronze statues, because of its greenish color
acquired by the patina
are locally called the Green Men or originally
Zelenci.
One is
known as Maro and second as Baro.
(c) dubrovacki.hr
Restored to full glory
(c) dubrovacki.hr
Maro says hi
For more than four hundred
years the mobile
bronze sculptures of mythical warriors have been beating out the hours
on the
Dubrovnik city bell tower until the early 20th century when they are
worn out
due to a large degree of damage, removed and stored in Dubrovnik
National Museum
of that time, and then in the Sponza Palace.
(c) Damjan Franjevic
In natural habitat
(c) Damjan Franjevic
Above De Bethune like town
clock :0)
(c) Damjan Franjevic
It is hypothesised
that the idea was originated around 1477 by the prominent
Tuscan architect and sculptor Michelozzo di Bartolomeo (1391-1472), and
realized
by his assistant Michelle di Giovanni,called “Il Greco “ who resided in
Dubrovnik from 1457 until his death in 1480, working as a cannon and
bell
founder.
These two statues are symbol of Town of Dubrovnik and
eternal guardians of
his existence.
(c) Damjan Franjevic
The original figures are
replaced by exact replicas.
Originals are in Rector's palace today
(next to tower where they were striking hours for centuries)
restored to original state as pictured in
my first post.
Replicas are fully functional.
Rector's palace in background
tower with clock and today replicas of Maro & Baro Jacquemarts (c) Damjan Franjevic
Best
Damian
Jacquemarts: Little Big Men Striking
