Jeroen Melkert Deer on the Giant (1998)

In the grass near metro station Graskruis lies a giant with a deer on his belly. It is made of the stone type Dolomite and it weighs 3.000 kilos. The head of the deer was originally made of bronze but was stolen in 2008, after which artist Jeroen Melkert replaced it with a stone head, only the antlers are still made of bronze. The image should evoke feelings of a fairy tale in children and people. The artist's inspiration came from a dream in which a deer calmly looked at him during a walk in the woods and walked away without being frightened. Melkert was so moved by this that he dreamed again about a giant sleeping in the woods with a deer on his stomach. Melkert was commissioned to create the sculpture Deer on the giant from the Orthopedagogical Center Maasstad (now Stichting Pameijer).