Allegorical Figure Group „Der Frieden“ / „La Pace“

A group in cast bronze with eight or nine allegorical figures with sweeping gestures, some lifting and supporting each other.

The overall structure is as follows: On an oval-round plate in the centre an apparently oval-rectangular plinth of waist height with relief panels on the sides, on which a muscular male figure is seated and a horse carrying two figures rears up. One of these figures is seated on the back of the horse's back with her leg splayed out, holding a tool-like object in her right hand; opposite her and held by her with her left hand is a naked, or scantily clad, female figure standing on the mount, raising one arm, holding the other to the side and entwined by a fluttering ribbon. Grouped on the ground around the base are an unclothed, walking male figure holding a staff and appearing to eye it, a child sitting on the ground with his legs apart, a female figure sitting on the ground with her arm raised holding a spear or lance from which a ribbon hangs down, and apparently another figure and some accessories lying on the ground.

The allegorical figures, or the individual groups of figures, symbolise:

1. Pluto, who increases wealth

2. Hercules, who uplifts peace

3. harmony

4. faithfulness

5. fertility

6. a Triton who exposes the deceit of Pluto

The contemporary descriptions emphasise that the entire group is made of one cast.