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The
sculpture
of
a
boy
with
a
swan
(German:
Knabe
mit
Schwan)
appeared
on
the
water
surface
in
1862.
Its
author
is
the
Silesian
bronze
and
iron
sculptor
-
Theodor
Erdmann
Kalide
(1801-1863),
although
it
is
worth
being
aware
that
it
is...
one
from
many
of
its
copies.
And
no
matter
what,
in
part
it
is
not
only
a
sculpture
as
a
work
of
art
but
also
a
monument
of
technology.
And
many
guests
visiting
Warsaw,
visiting
the
Saxon
Garden,
seeing
the
fountain,
may,
to
the
surprise
of
the
hosts,
consider
it
"their"
after
a
closer
look
😉
It
was
presented
in
1834
at
an
exhibition
of
the
author's
works
at
the
Berlin
Academy.
Kalide's
work
aroused
universal
admiration
and
in
1851
he
won
a
bronze
medal
at
the
World
Exhibition
in
London.
And
with
it,
considerable
popularity.
You
could
simply
buy
a
cast
of
the
sculpture,
it
was
in
the
catalog
of
the
Gliwice
Iron
Foundry.
The
iron
casting
cost
a
mere
150
thalers.
The
first
bronze
cast,
bought
by
the
king,
was
placed
on
Berlin's
Peacock
Island
(Pfaueninsel).
Copies
of
the
Boy
and
Swan
sculpture
can
be
found
outside
Warsaw
and
the
Saxon
Garden,
including:
in
the
park
in
Gliwice
(Dessau
Square),
in
Legnica,
in
Eckersdorf-Donndorf,
in
Sychrov
(Czech
Republic),
in
Kallhäll
(Sweden),
in
Czeladź
-
since
2005,
in
Koniecpol
-
since
2007,
in
Brzeg
(Central
Park),
in
Wrocław
(Old
Town
Park),
in
Chorzów
at
Jan
Matejko
Square,
in
the
palace
and
park
complex
in
Potsdam
(a
bronze
casting
purchased
by
the
Prussian
king)
and
in
the
residence
of
the
English
Queen
on
the
Isle
of
Wight,
Osborne
Palace
(a
copy
purchased
by
Queen
Victoria).
The
fountains
in
the
palace
park
in
Zatonie,
in
the
park
in
Bytom
Miechowice,
in
Bad
Freinwalde,
in
Šilheřovice
(Czech
Republic)
and
in
Jindřichov
(Czech
Republic)
have
not
been
preserved.
The
Boy
with
the
Swan
is
also
the
first
fountain
of
Minsk
(since
1874).
As
a
curiosity,
the
sculpture
was
originally
not
placed
on
a
pond
but
on...
a
flower
bed
(sic!).
In
1862,
the
nearby
pond
was
emptied
and
a
flower
bed
with
a
fountain
with
a
sculpture
of
a
child
holding
a
swan
by
the
neck
was
created
in
its
place.
It
was
only
in
1878
that
Eng.
Józef
Sporny worked
to
seal
the
pool
with
clay
and
stones
so
that
it
could
be
filled
with
water
again.
It
is
also
worth
knowing
that
the
pool
basin
itself
is
inextricably
linked
with
the
water
reservoir
right
next
to
it.
It
was
created
after
the
soil
from
which
the
hill
was
built
was
selected.
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