Manneken Pis
Manneken Pis (
[ˌmɑnəkə(m) ˈpɪs] (help·info); "Little man Pee" in Dutch; French: le Petit Julien) is a laundmerk smaw bronze sculptur (61 cm)[1] in Brussels, depictin a nakit wee boy urinatin intae a foontain's basin. It wis designed bi Hiëronymus Duquesnoy the Elder an put in place in 1618 or 1619.[2]
| Manneken Pis | |
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| Airtist | Jerome Duquesnoy |
| Year | 1388: oreeginal version 1619: current version |
| Teep | Bronze |
| Dimensions | 61 cm (24 in) |
| Location | Brussels |
| 50°50′42″N 4°21′00″E / 50.84499°N 4.34998°ECoordinates: 50°50′42″N 4°21′00″E / 50.84499°N 4.34998°E | |
References
eedit- ↑ "Manneken Pis Brussels Belgium". Brussels.info. Retrieved 8 Mairch 2015.
- ↑ Naomi Miller, Fountains as Metaphor from Fountains, Splash and Spectacle, Water and Design from the Renaissance to the Present, edited by Marilyn Symmes, Thames and Hundson and Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, Smithsonian Institution. 1998