Narziss-Brunnen
Narziss-Brunnen stands in the Prinzenhof of Schloss Cecilienhof in Potsdam, surrounded by a carefully tended garden. Hubert Netzer’s sculpture shows Narcissus seated beside a fountain, gazing into the water and his reflection.
The Greek myth gives this quiet scene its subject: Narcissus rejects his admirers before becoming captivated by his own image. Summer flowers, clipped yew trees, and Cecilienhof’s brick and half-timbered architecture frame the figure. Netzer created a similar sculpture for the Bavarian National Museum in Munich, linking the two works across Germany.
The sculpture originally stood in the Rose Garden near the New Palace in Sanssouci Park. In 1976, it moved to Cecilienhof, where Narcissus still bends over the water beneath the garden’s calm greenery.
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