Garlanded horses, some with feather plumes, carry their riders in procession across the late 16th century front of Stadtplatz 33, one of two remarkable ‘sgraffito houses’ in the town square at Gmünd, Lower Austria, Austria. The German inscription below the band of restored Renaissance sgraffito art relates to panels further down the facade depicting the biblical story of Samson.
Gmünd, Lower Austria, Austria: high-stepping garlanded horses, some with feather plumes, carry their riders in procession across the late 16th century front of Stadtplatz 33, one of two remarkable ‘sgraffito houses’ in the town square. The German inscription below the band of restored Renaissance sgraffito art relates to panels further down the facade depicting the biblical story of Samson. Sgraffito is the ancient artistic technique of scratching, scraping or cutting away parts of a surface layer of plaster, stucco or paint to expose a different colour or texture underneath.
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Location: Gmünd, Lower Austria, Austria
Photo credit: © Terence Kerr / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
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