Jan Wellem Equestrian Statue (Düsseldorf)

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Monument to Johann Wilhelm II von der Pfalz (1658-1716), Elector Palatine from 1690 to 1716, son of Philip Wilhelm von Pfalz-Neuburg and Elisabeth Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt. The Jan-Wellem Platz (Johann Wilhelm Plaza) in Düsseldorf is named for him.


Artist: Gabriel de Grupello (1711), material: bronze, base: design by Adolf von Vagedes (1830). stone: 'Ratinger Blaustein'

The inscriptions translate as follows:

On the left: 'Johann Wilhelm', the Count Palatine on the Rhine, the Lord High Steward and Elector of the Holy Roman Empire, the Duke of Bavaria, Jülich, Cleve, Berg, the highly meritorious Prince who has enlarged the city and founded the art gallery'

On the right: 'Erected by the grateful citizens in 1711. Base renewed in 1831'.

Düsseldorf's landmark is considered one of the most beautiful equestrian statues north of the Alps. (www.duesseldorf-tourismus.de/en/sights/monuments-sculpt...